Bossan, Pierre

ARCHITECT (FRANCE)
BORN 23 Jul 1814, Lyon - DIED 23 Jul 1888, La Ciotat, Bouches-du-Rhône
BIRTH NAME Bossan, Pierre-Marie
GRAVE LOCATION Lyon: Cimetière de Loyasse, 43, rue du Cardinal-Gerlier (9)

Pierre-Maie Bossan was a pupil of Henri Labrouste. He specialised in ecclesiastical architecture. In 1844 he became architect to the diocese of Lyon, where he designed the neo-Byzantine basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (1872-1884). He is also the architect of the église Saint-Georges in Lyon. Apart from firther churches he also designed funerary monuments at Valence and the Million-Servier tomb at the Loyasse cemetery in Lyon.

Images

The grave of Pierre Bossan at the Loyasse cimetière, Lyon.
Picture by Androom (03 Dec 2007)

 

Sources
Pierre Bossan - Wikipédia (FR)


Bosseljon, Berndt

Published: 13 Jul 2008
Last update: 05 Nov 2022