Jean-Eugène Fromageau
Jean-Eugène Fromageau (30 March 1822 - 16 October 1897) was a French architect active in French Algeria. He served as the ecclesiastical architect of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers from 1855 to 1870. He designed several church buildings, including Notre Dame d'Afrique.
Jean-Eugène Fromageau
- Name
- Jean-Eugène Fromageau
- Born
- 30 March 1822
- Birthplace
- Saumur, France
- Died
- 16 October 1897
- Education
- École des Beaux-Arts
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- architect
- Known for
- Basilica of Notre-Dame-d'Afrique
- Languages
- French
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Jean-Eugène Fromageau (30 March 1822 - 16 October 1897) was a French architect active in French Algeria. He served as the ecclesiastical architect of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers from 1855 to 1870. He designed several church buildings, including Notre Dame d'Afrique.
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• Name — Jean-Eugène Fromageau • Born — 30 March 1822 • Birthplace — Saumur, France • Died — 16 October 1897 • Education — École des Beaux-Arts
Early life
Early life
Jean-Eugène Fromageau was born in 1822 in Saumur, France. He studied architecture at the École des Beaux-Arts. • Illustration — Notre Dame d'Afrique, designed by Fromageau.
Career
Career
Fromageau served as the ecclesiastical architect of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Algiers from 1855 to 1870. He remodelled the Ketchaoua Mosque into the Cathedral of St. Philippe. He also designed Notre Dame d'Afrique in the Neo Byzantine architectural style. Additionally, he designed a seminary in Kouba and another one in Saint-Eugène, two suburbs of Algiers. Upon his return to France, Fromageau designed the Roman Catholic church in Saint-Jouin-de-Milly. He was a member of the Architectural Society of Anjou.
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Fromageau died in 1897.
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- 1.Archives départementales du Maine-et-Loire, état-civil
- 2.Auguste Beignet, Jean-Eugène Fromageau, décédé à Saumur le 5 octobre 1896, in Annuaire pour l'année 1897, Société des architectes de l'Anjou, Impr. Lachèse, Angers, 1897
- 3.La date de 1855 est donnée par Auguste Beignet et Jean-Michel Leniaud. Cependant, Chantal Boiton-Colas estime n’avoir aucun document officiel relatif à cette affectation.
- 4.Jean-Michel Leniaud, Répertoire des architectes diocésains du , éditions en ligne de l’École des chartes / Economica, 2003
- 5.Bulletin officiel de l'Algérie et des colonies, Paris, n° 17, février 1859
- 6.Chantal Boiton-Colas, notice Jean-Eugène Fromageau in site Racines, consulté le 27/09/2013
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- Auguste Beignet. Jean-Eugène Fromageau, (notice nécrologique). Annuaire pour l'année 1897. Angers. Société des architectes de l'Anjou. 1897.
- Répertoire des architectes diocésains du. éditions en ligne de l’École des chartes / Economica. 2003.
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