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  • La Rose Bistro
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    Type de cuisine : French

  • Ippuku
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    Type de cuisine : Japanese

  • Comal
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    Type de cuisine : Mexican

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Bernard Maybeck's masterwork (1910) harmonized a wealth of styles, yet copied none, in a unique, Arts and Crafts structure of surpassing beauty and serenity. The church fuses multiple roof-lines-typical of a Japanese temple-with Spanish tiles and rec-tangular, fluted columns supporting trellises hung with wisteria. In the shape of a Greek cross, the sunken auditorium is naturally lit by side windows and diagonally spanned with arching beams, imparting a feeling of great spaciousness. The milled woodwork in the ceiling beams and the interior furnishings, all of which Maybeck himself designed, show exquisite craftsmanship.

Useful Information

Opening hours :

  • Visit by guided tour (45min) only, year-round 1st Sun of each month 12:15pm, or by reservation. Public services Sun 11am & Wed 8pm.

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