L'ancien monastère de Sainte-Marie d'en-Haut

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In 1890, the inhabitants of Grenoble wanted, following the example of other cities, establish the statue of the Virgin Mary, so that she guarded and defended the city. The statue will be called Notre Dam-Den. Alfred Bryryover, the architect of the famous Basilica La La Saltte, was instructed to build a 30-meter tower, topped with a 3.6-meter gold-plated statue of the Virgin Mary from cast iron weighing 1.8 tons (in the center of the frame). Under this monumental statue at every corner of the tower, four statues of the Saints of the City of the City are installed: St. Bruno, St. Ferius, Saint Francis Salsky and St. Hugh. With the new tower, the building was again open on October 25, 1891 in the presence of a bishop of Grenoble Amand-Joseph Fava. However, several decades later, cracks began to appear in the roof of the chapel due to the weight of the new tower. In order to prevent the collapse of the chapel, in 1935 it was decided that the tower would be demolished.