Binche · religious · listed
Église Notre-Dame du Travail de Bray
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- Architect
- Henri Balthazar
- Date
- 1932
- Type
- religious
- Style
- Art Deco and modernism
- City
- Binche
- Status
- listed
- Address
- Place du Levant, 7130 Bray (Binche)
Parish church built in 1932 by the priest-architect Henri Balthazar in the heart of the Levant de Mons mining estate. It responds to the 1927 accident that cost the lives of 25 miners: the parish priest Jean-Baptiste Bondroit launched a national lottery to finance the building. Built entirely of reinforced concrete, it is adorned with façade sculptures by Joseph Gillain, the future Jijé of comics. It is a listed monument, together with its Art Deco furnishings and decoration.
Translated from the French original.