Chapelle Blanchet

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The Blanchet Chapel, also known as the Stationery Chapel, is a chapel in Rives, Isère department. She is labeled Heritage in Isère.

Location: The chapel is located in the Bas-Rives district, in the commune of Rives, on the left side of the Etang road towards Réaumont. It dominates the buildings of the former stationery Blanchet Frères and Kléber du Bas-Rives.

Architectural description: In Romano-Byzantine style, the chapel has a length of 12 m and a width of 6 m. It consists of a single nave divided into three spans. His choir is oriented to the northwest. The chapel gate is surmounted by an important one of an openwork bell.

History: The chapel was built in 1847 by the Blanchet family, a family of industrial papermakers from Rives of the 19th century to allow its members and staff of the stationery to attend the mass because the church of the parish was considered too far away. The building of the chapel was entrusted to architect Alfred Berruyer and his decoration to Alexandre Debelle. Left behind for several years, outside masonries...