Roger Gonthier
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Roger Gonthier (; 1884–1978) was a 20th-century French architect, whose major works were in
Limoges Limoges ( , , ; , locally ) is a city and Communes of France, commune, and the prefecture of the Haute-Vienne Departments of France, department in west-central France. It was the administrative capital of the former Limousin region. Situated o ...
, France. He worked within the ''Compagnie du Paris-Orléans'' architectural practice. At the start of the 20th century, Limoges was expanding, and there was a revival in the construction of new
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s. Gonthier designed the '' Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins'' (
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) in 1917. One of the last great monumental train stations in France, it was built between 1927 and 1929. The station remains a landmark building within the city, and has been listed since 1975. Gonthier also designed the Pavillon du Verdurier, the municipal
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, the Cité-jardin de Beaublanc, and the Cité des Coutures.


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20th-century French architects 1884 births 1978 deaths {{France-architect-stub