Sainte Marie de La Tourette
Éveux, France
Open to visitors
The interior is normally open, possibly ticketed.
Strollie cannot guarantee access — always check before you travel.
Find out more
- OfficialOfficial website↗
- Heritage registerMérimée (French heritage)↗
- ReferenceKulturenvanteri↗
- Further readingEncyclopædia Britannica↗
Sainte Marie de La Tourette is a Dominican priory designed by Le Corbusier on a hillside near Lyon in Éveux-sur-Arbresle, France, and stands as the architect's final building. Begun in May 1953 and completed in 1960, the monastery was sited just 25 kilometers from Lyon—accessible by train or car—to fulfill the committee's vision of spiritual awakening for the surrounding population. Executed in raw concrete and shaped by the austere principles of brutalist modernism, the priory was developed with contributions from architects André Wogenscky and Iannis Xenakis. In 2016, the building was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site alongside sixteen other Le Corbusier works, recognized for its outstanding testimony to the development of modern architecture. The monastery is also classified as a French historical monument and designated Patrimoine du XXᵉ siècle.
Architect
Movement
- Built
- Type
- monastery, convent
- Materials
- concrete
- Heritage
- part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, classified historical monument
- Place
- Éveux, France
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