Notre-Dame du Haut at Ronchamp was designed by Le Corbusier for the Association de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame du Haut and built in 1955, though the text also says Marie-Alain Couturier steered completion in 1954. It replaced a pilgrimage chapel destroyed in World War II and stands on a hill near Belfort.
The article calls it a more extreme version of Le Corbusier's late style. Some call it the first Post-Modern building, and others the first Expressionist building after World War II. It uses concrete, Vosges stone and gunite, with whitewash. The south wall is up to 10 feet (3 m) thick, and the windows are irregular and angled.
Jean Prouvé designed a campanile in 1975, and Renzo Piano added a convent, chapel and gatehouse for the Poor Clares in 2011. UNESCO listed it in 2016, and about 80,000 people visit yearly. A replica stands in Zhengzhou, China.
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