Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre

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Roman Catholic church church building landmark modernist architecture

Saint-Joseph Church in Le Havre is a landmark modernist Catholic church renowned for its towering concrete structure and striking stained-glass lantern, symbolizing the city’s postwar reconstruction.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Saint-Joseph Church (Le Havre)	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic church ⓘ church building ⓘ landmark ⓘ modernist architecture ⓘ
architect	Auguste Perret NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Audigier NERFINISHED ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Brutalism ⓘ Modernism ⓘ
category	20th-century Roman Catholic church building in France ⓘ building in Le Havre ⓘ modernist church building ⓘ
cityRebuiltBy	Auguste Perret NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	France ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Joseph NERFINISHED ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholic ⓘ
diocese	Roman Catholic Diocese of Le Havre NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	post–World War II ⓘ
function	memorial to victims of World War II ⓘ parish church ⓘ
hasFeature	central lantern tower ⓘ concrete structure ⓘ octagonal tower ⓘ stained-glass lantern ⓘ
height	approximately 107 metres ⓘ
heritageStatus	major landmark of Le Havre ⓘ
lanternContains	multicolored stained-glass windows ⓘ
locatedIn	Le Havre NERFINISHED ⓘ Normandy NERFINISHED ⓘ Seine-Maritime NERFINISHED ⓘ northwestern France ⓘ
materialUsed	reinforced concrete ⓘ stained glass ⓘ
notableFor	dominant presence in Le Havre skyline ⓘ modernist design ⓘ striking stained-glass lantern ⓘ towering concrete structure ⓘ
orientation	tower visible from sea ⓘ
partOf	postwar reconstruction of Le Havre city center ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Catholic Church
symbolizes	memory of World War II destruction ⓘ postwar reconstruction of Le Havre ⓘ
towerType	lantern tower ⓘ
usedFor	Catholic worship ⓘ city landmark and orientation point ⓘ tourism ⓘ
visibility	visible from much of Le Havre ⓘ visible from the harbor ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

City center of Le Havre → contains → Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre ⓘ

UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret → includes → Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre ⓘ

subject surface form: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret

this entity surface form: Saint-Joseph Church (Le Havre)