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Charles Benvignat (24 December 1805,
Charles Benvignat (24 December 1805, Boulogne-sur-Mer
Boulogne-sur-Mer (; pcd, Boulonne-su-Mér; nl, Bonen; la, Gesoriacum or ''Bononia''), often called just Boulogne (, ), is a coastal city in Northern France. It is a sub-prefecture of the department of Pas-de-Calais. Boulogne lies on the C� ...
, Pas-de-Calais – July 1877, Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France region, the prefecture of the Nord ...
) was a French architect, especially active in Lille, then undergoing major urban expansion.
Life
Benvignat moved to Lille as a young man. As a brilliant student in the architecture class at the Ecoles académiques, he was sent to the Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he studied as a painter as well as an architect. Returning to Lille, he was entrusted with several private projects and church restorations. In 1833 he was made the Ecoles académiques's professor of architecture and held the post for 30 years. From 1842 he was responsible for several major public works: *Expansion of the old théâtre Lequeux (1842) *Restoration of the Vieille Bourse and restoration of its decor (1842) *Column of the Goddess
The Column of the Goddess is the popular name given by the citizens of Lille (France) to the Memorial of the Siege of 1792. The memorial is still in the center of the ''Grand′ Place'' (central square) of Lille, and has been surrounded by a founta ...
, a 2-stage project (1845)
*Sugar and wheat hall (initial project now mutilated) (1848)
*Palais Rihour, base of the mayor and museums (1849)
*Lycée making up the medicine school and sciences faculty (1844–55)
*Several churches, such as in the Moulins and Esquermes suburbs
He died without issue in 1877 and his tomb was paid for by the town council of Lille.
See also
*Tournai Cathedral
The Tournai Cathedral, or Cathedral of Our Lady (french: Notre-Dame de Tournai, nl, Onze-Lieve-Vrouw van Doornik), is a Roman Catholic church, see of the Diocese of Tournai in Tournai, Belgium. It has been classified both as a Wallonia's ma ...
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Benvignat, Charles 1805 births 1877 deaths 19th-century French architects People from Boulogne-sur-Mer École des Beaux-Arts alumni