Visit of the Priory of Contamine-sur-Arve

Name: Visite contée du Prieuré de Contamine-sur-Arve
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Site Clunisien - Prieuré de Contamine-Sur-Arve

For the first time, visit the Priory of Contamine-sur-Arve with a visit told! Follow a peddler who will tell you stories, on this unique cultural site.

Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 14h30Passé

Faucigny Glières Tourisme

Types d'événement

Spectacle / Lecture

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit & Sur inscription

À propos du lieu

Site Clunisien - Prieuré de Contamine-Sur-Arve

74130 Contamine-sur-Arve

Haute-Savoie
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

The priory of Contamine, necropolis of the Sires of Faucigny, Clunisian site, was founded in 1083 by Guy de Faucigny, bishop of Geneva. It was then occupied by Benedictine monks of the Order of Cluny. It is in the wake of Pierre II of Savoy, in the thirteenth century that many Savoyards travel to England and Wales. From these exchanges we remain the church of the priory, called church Sainte-Foy built by the architect Jacques de Saint-Georges, where elements of English architecture are applied for the first time in Savoy. This church has a very special character. The windows are rectangular in shape; their twin-framed windows and liners are housed under a lintel itself under a low arch that serves as a discharge arch. All these elements of English military architecture were then applied to the church of Contamine for the first and last time in our region. This is what makes its specificity, namely a castle architecture applied to a religious building. The architecture of this building,