Basilique Souterraine St-Pio X

Name of building
Basilique Souterraine St-Pio X 
Construction year
1958 
Structural system
Shell 
Primary use
 
Architect
Pierre Vago 
Architect2
 
Structural engineer
Eugène Freyssinet 
Constructor
 
Professional
 
Country
FRANCE 
Address
Sanctuaires Notre Dame, Lourdes 
Means of transportation
walking 1.5km from Gare Lourdes on which
every TGV train stops. 
Admission
summer 06:-19:00/winter 08:-18:00. 
Reference
①New Architectures of Europe, Pengin Books, G.B.K. Smith, 1961, pp108-109
②brocture of the Basilica. 
Note
weidth:87m. length:210m.
English name is Underground Basilica of
St. Pius X.
photo taken on June 16, 2000. ⑨-36.  
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