Abbey of La Chaise-Dieu: guided tour "The village of La Chaise-Dieu"

Name: Abbaye de La Chaise-Dieu : visite guidée "Le village de La Chaise-Dieu"
Start: 2023-09-16T11:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T15:30:00+02:00
Location: Village de La Chaise-Dieu

The guides-lecturers of the abbey of La Chaise-Dieu offer tours of 30 minutes of the medieval village of La Chaise-Dieu. Architecture and urbanism: how the village was built around…

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

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The guides-lecturers of the abbey of La Chaise-Dieu offer 30-minute tours of the medieval village of La Chaise-Dieu. Architecture and urbanism: how the village was built around its abbey.

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Thèmes 2023

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À propos du lieu

Village de La Chaise-Dieu

43160 La Chaise-Dieu

Haute-Loire
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

In the Chair-God, do not miss the old(former) abbey Benedictine based(established) in the 11th century from which it stays a Gothic minster sheltering a splendid mural painting of the 15th century: " the dance of death ", 144 sculpted stalls surrounding the grave of the pope Clement VI.Vous will also discover a rood screen Flamboyant Gothic separating the nave and the chorus(choir) of the monks, a sideboard(buffet) of organs of the 17th century, a cloister, a room of echo in amazing acoustics, tower Clementine, the door of the Fort and the path round the battlements, so many(much) elements of defence and of fortification, proofs of wealth and of importance of this abbey which should be at the appropriate time the 3rd French monastic order...