Saint-Bruno's Church

  • Historic site and monument
  • Religious heritage
  • Church
  • Organ
  • listed
  • Gothic
  • 19th C
  • Neo-gothic
Place de la République, 38500 Voiron
Located in the heart of Voiron, the neo-Gothic-style Saint-Bruno church built at the end of the 19Xth century is an emblematic building of the city. This remarkable heritage is classified by the State as a historical monument.
The Saint-Bruno church is a religious building, located in the heart of Voiron. The Carthusians made an important financial contribution to the construction of this monument, and it is therefore in thanks to the Carthusian order that the church took the name of their founder Saint Bruno.
Work of the Diocesan architect Monsieur Berruyer on the advice of the great architect Viollet le Duc, it opened in 1872 and was consecrated on May 22, 1883.
This church has been classified as historical monuments since January 11, 2007. Outside, on the entrance side, two arrows surmount the first two bays of the aisles. The monumental entrance includes a main portal flanked by two narrower portals. The rose window, imitated from that of Notre-Dame de Paris, surrounded by two glass roofs make up the 2nd level. The third level ends in a triangular pediment. The two identical spiers include two additional levels: the last is decorated with four bell towers and a tuff spire. Each level is separated from the previous one by a gallery.
The height of the arrows (67 meters) is equal to the greatest length of the building; we therefore respected this rule of medieval construction.
The exterior ornamentation uses the usual decorations of Gothic architecture: pinnacles, gargoyles ...
To create many decorative elements of the church, we used a new technique at the time: cast concrete.
Gray gold (cement), as it is called today, has been widely used in the region. This material, unfortunately sensitive to atmospheric pollution, degrades rapidly: consolidation work had to be carried out.
The Gothic-style stained-glass windows, by the Parisian glass master Laurent Gzell, represent the bible in pictures.
Listed as a historic monument in 1973, the church organ was purchased from the parish of St François de Sales in Lyon in 1883 and consists of 4 keyboards, a pedal board, 41 stops and 200 pipes.

Visitors can also admire its colorful Burgundian-style roof, its white Russian pulpit sculpted by the Goyers brothers, its marble fonts, its altar with Florentine-style bronze bas-reliefs, the paintings of the apse made in 1920 by Girard ...

Wheelchair access is on the right side of the church. The guided tour is offered by Mr Gautier.

Reservations possible for guided group tours.

Services

Services

Accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs
Site, building totally accessible
Tour free of charge
Guided tours

Rates

Rates

Free entry.
Free entry.

Openings

Openings

From 1 January 2025 until 1 September 2025

From 1 January 2025 until 1 September 2025
Monday
09:30 - 17:30

Tuesday
09:30 - 17:30

Wednesday
09:30 - 17:30

Thursday
09:30 - 17:30

Friday
09:30 - 17:30

Saturday
09:30 - 17:30

Sunday
09:30 - 17:30

Location

Location

Saint-Bruno's Church
Place de la République, 38500 Voiron

Environment

Environment
  • Close to a motorway
  • In centre of town
  • Town location
  • Station district
  • Close to a public transportation
Updated on 02 April 2025 at 17:20
by Office de Tourisme du Pays Voironnais
(Offer identifier : 354776)
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