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Odorico’s grave

by admin | Apr 24, 2000 | France, grave, Northern Cemetery, Odorico, Odorico’s grave, Rennes

The grave of the mosaic worker Odorico was created in the first half of the 20th century. The Odorico family comes from Italy. Two generations developed a mosaic business in France, during the first half of the 20th century, using Art-Deco style to offer original...

Oberthür Chapel

by admin | Apr 24, 2000 | chapel, France, Northern Cemetery, Oberthür Chapel

The Funerary chapel of printers Oberthür was created in the first half of the 20th century. This monument is the most ornate neo-gothic chapel of the cemetery. Signed as a masterpiece by its architect (Emmanuel Le Ray, architect of the Rennes municipality and also...

Grave of the shoemakers Bessec

by admin | Apr 24, 2000 | Bessec, France, grave, Grave of the shoemakers Bessec, Northern Cemetery, Rennes

The grave of the Bessec family was created near 1920. The Bessecs are an old family from Rennes, who became famous shoemakers in the region. Their grave in the northern cemetery includes two monuments in Carrara marble. The first one is realized in a Neo-classical...

Adolphe Léofanti’s grave

by admin | Apr 24, 2000 | Adolphe Léofanti, Adolphe Léofanti’s grave, France, grave, Northern Cemetery, Rennes

On the grave of sculptor Adolphe Léofanti, a sculpture is set up which was created between 1880 and 1890. It is in high relief, in white marble, and represents the Christ’s resurrection. This work would have been presented in Paris by the sculptor. But it seems that...

The Front Dome

by admin | Apr 24, 2000 | France, Front Dome, Funerary Chapel, Northern Cemetery, Rennes

In 1829, the city council of Rennes ordered the architect Charles Millardet to build this monument at the entrance of the municipal cemetery. It is a two-story building which has a circular plan. The ground floor is crossed by a vaulted passage which leads to the...

Odorico’s grave

Oberthür Chapel

Grave of the shoemakers Bessec

Adolphe Léofanti’s grave

The Front Dome

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