The Sovereign Commonwealth of
ELPSON
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The Builders · Founded 1219

House Bellacourt

“Ars et Aeternitas”

Art and Eternity

ArchitectureThe ArtsPhilanthropy

Much of what visitors admire in Elpson City was commissioned, designed or restored by a Bellacourt. The family's architects raised the Cathedral of Saint Aurelius, the Opera House and the colonnades of the Crown Quarter.

The Bellacourt Foundation remains the largest patron of the arts in the Commonwealth.

Chronicle of the House

  1. 1219
    Guillaume Bellacourt appointed Master of Works.
  2. 1488
    Completion of the Cathedral of Saint Aurelius.
  3. 1887
    Opening of the Royal Opera House.

Notable Figures

Guillaume Bellacourt
1188 – 1254
Master of Works.
Héloïse Bellacourt
1844 – 1921
Architect of the Opera House.

Relations with the Houses

Bound to the Vaughans by six marriages since 1402.