Pierre Bossan, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Pierre Bossan

French architect

Date of Birth: 23-Jul-1814

Place of Birth: Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France

Date of Death: 23-Jul-1888

Profession: architect

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Pierre-Marie Bossan (1814 in Lyon – 1888) was a French historicist architect, a pupil of Henri Labrouste, specialising in ecclesiastical architecture.
In 1844 he was appointed architect to the diocese of Lyon, where his major work was the neo-Byzantine basilica of Notre-Dame de Fourvière (1872–84), on a height dominating Lyon.
He also designed Lyon's Église Saint-Georges, an extension to the parish church at Ars-sur-Formans (1862–65) and churches at Régny, Neulise and Couzon-au-Mont-d'Or (1854–56), as well as the pilgrimage basilica of La Louvesc (1865) in the Department of Ardèche, Dauphiné. There are funerary monuments designed by Bossan at Valence. He is buried in the Cimetière de Loyasse, Lyon.