Chapelle du collège Saint-Paul de Lille

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The Saint-Joseph Chapel of the Collège Saint-Paul was a chapel located on Rue Colson, in the Vauban district of Lille, within the confines of the Collège Saint-Paul, whose last owner was Junia (ex-Yncrea), School of Engineers of the Institut Catholique de Lille. This chapel built by the Jesuits gained a certain reputation in the late 2010s when it was threatened with destruction, at the request of the federation of engineering schools of the Catholic University of Lille, HEI, ISA Lille - Junia and ISEN. The Ministry of Culture rejects the inscription of the chapel in the register of historical monuments despite various protests, including the association Emergencies Patrimoine or the architect Étienne Poncelet, honorary inspector general of historical monuments. The decision of the Ministry of Culture was formalized on Saturday 14 November 2020, after having fled a few days earlier by the distribution of a letter from the Director General of Heritage Philippe Barbat, who found

that the "heritage interest of the chapel" built in the 19th century, of "eclectic style", is "not enough to justify a classification under the title of the...