Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours
Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours is a small Catholic parish church in Nice, France, with a central plan and a rounded, overhanging dome. Art Deco geometry meets Byzantine influence here, giving the reinforced-concrete building a distinctive early twentieth-century character.
Architect Jules Febvre completed the church in 1927, using construction methods he also applied at Notre-Dame-Auxiliatrice in Nice. Stylized sgraffito motifs decorate the cornices, where scratched patterns enliven the plaster surfaces. Restoration work supported by the Alpes-Maritimes general council in 2012 helped preserve the structure and its ornament.
Look closely at the meeting of materials and forms: strong concrete carries the compact building, while the dome and sgraffito details soften its geometric lines.
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