Guided tour

Name: Visite guidée
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:40:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle Saint-Jean-du-Liget

Guided tour of the Chapelle Saint-Jean du Liget and its 12th century murals. Exceptionally commented monument testifying to the presence of the Chartreux in the forest of Loches.

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

Intermèdes médiation culturelle

Guided tour of the Chapelle Saint-Jean du Liget and its 12th century wall paintings. Exceptionally commented monument testifying to the presence of the Chartreux in the forest of Loches.

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Thèmes 2023

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À propos du lieu

Chapelle Saint-Jean-du-Liget

Route de la Tuilerie 37600 Sennevières

Indre-et-Loire
Centre-Val de Loire

In a glade a few hundred metres away from the Chartreuse of Liget, you will be able to come discover frescoes the Chapel Saint-Jean-Du-Liget dated XII°SIÈCLE. The rotunda is decorated with six panels(signs) representing stages(scenes) of the life of the Virgin(Virgo) and the embrasures of the window adorned with characters of the church enriched by a frieze which runs(roams) at the root of the dome. The chapel is bound(connected) to the first establishment of the chartreux(Carthusian monks) in these places.