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Blois Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Trinité, Blois
Blois›Loir-et-Cher›Centre-Val de Loire›Western France›France
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About Blois Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Trinité
This 20th-century basilica in Blois was built between 1932 and 1949 to honor the Three Ave Maria devotion, a Marian prayer practice dating back to the 13th century. Architect Paul Rouvière designed the building using bush-hammered concrete mixed with local Loire river gravel, giving the walls a warm, textured appearance unlike typical raw concrete. The interior holds 14 large stained glass windows by Louis and Jean Barillet that fill the nave with shifting colored light, along with bas-relief Stations of the Cross by sculptor Jean Lambert-Rucki.
Blois Basilica of Notre-Dame de la Trinité — Planning Your Visit
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Open daily08:30 - 20:30
Construction began under architect Charles-Henri Besnard in 1932, but the project stalled after structural defects were discovered, leading to legal proceedings against him. Paul Rouvière took over in 1935 and essentially restarted the building from scratch with a completely different modernist approach — a rare case of an architect being replaced mid-construction on a religious building.
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