What is the name of Le Corbusier's chapel in Ronchamp, France?

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Le Corbusier's chapel in Ronchamp, France, is Notre-Dame du Haut.

Also called the Chapel of Notre-Dame du Haut, the Roman Catholic pilgrimage chapel was built between 1953 and 1955 on Bourlémont Hill in eastern France. It replaced an earlier chapel destroyed during the Second World War, and its dramatic sculptural design marked a striking departure from Le Corbusier's more rectilinear 1920s villas.

The building is known for its massive curving walls, small irregular windows, and a sweeping concrete roof that appears to float above the walls. Le Corbusier also designed the chapel's entrance door and stained glass. The site-specific design responds to the hill, its long religious history and the surrounding landscape rather than applying a rigid machine-age formula.

Readers sometimes confuse it with Sacré-Cœur, the famous white basilica in Paris, or with Sainte-Chapelle, a medieval Gothic chapel. Notre-Dame du Haut is a modernist work, consecrated in 1955, and became part of UNESCO's World Heritage listing of Le Corbusier's architectural works in 2016.

Source: Wikipedia · fact-checked Sept. 2026

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