Roger Gonthier
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Roger Gonthier was a French architect, whose major works were in Limoges
, France
. He worked within the Compagnie du Paris-Orléans architectural practice.
At the start of the 20th century, Limoges was expanding and there was a revival in the construction of new public buildings. Gonthier designed the Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins (railway station) in 1917, one of the last great monumental train stations in France, and it was built between 1927 and 1929. It remains a landmark building within the city and has been listed since 1975.
He also designed the pavillon du Verdurier, the municipal slaughterhouse, the cité-jardin de Beaublanc and the Cité des Coutures.
Limoges
Limoges |Limousin]] dialect of Occitan) is a city and commune, the capital of the Haute-Vienne department and the administrative capital of the Limousin région in west-central France....
, France
France
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. He worked within the Compagnie du Paris-Orléans architectural practice.
At the start of the 20th century, Limoges was expanding and there was a revival in the construction of new public buildings. Gonthier designed the Gare de Limoges-Bénédictins (railway station) in 1917, one of the last great monumental train stations in France, and it was built between 1927 and 1929. It remains a landmark building within the city and has been listed since 1975.
He also designed the pavillon du Verdurier, the municipal slaughterhouse, the cité-jardin de Beaublanc and the Cité des Coutures.