EGLISE SAINT-AUBIN
TOULOUSE , Haute-Garonne – Cultural heritage
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As the church was built on a former cemetery, the architect had to preserve an underground church. Traduction automatique par DeepL via DATAtourisme
This church is implemented following the organization of an anonymous competition. Despite the participation of the famous Henri Labrouste, this contest is a failure, even a triple failure. Thirty-two projects arrived at the Toulouse town hall in July 1844. They are exhibited two Sundays in public view, which allows journalists and other critics to conduct an opinion campaign. Most of the projects were either too expensive, too complicated to carry out or marred by serious faults. They are then sent back to their senders. Only seven projects were selected. And the project of Jean-Marie-Thérèse-Auguste Delort was accepted.
As the church was built on a former cemetery, the architect had to preserve an underground church. The cemetery there has been moved to the present Terre Cabade. The church is financed by the municipality, which grants only 400,000 francs to build it. The town council grants only 25%. With the little money the architect received, he was never able to finish his work. The first stone was consecrated on March 4, 1847. In the same year, despite its blind walls and temporary roof, the building was donated to the cult. In 1929, the sum of the renovations to try to finish it amounted to 900,000 francs, although the vaults, the façade, the bell tower and all the decoration were still missing at that time.
This church, which was originally intended to be a large project, was eventually greatly simplified to Mr. Delort’s great despair. The vision that one has as soon as one enters the vaults of the unfinished nave is very telling. Traduction automatique par DeepL via DATAtourisme
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