Visit a 13th century church and its early 16th century frescoes

Name: Visitez une église du XIIIe siècle et ses fresques du début du XVIe siècle
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Martin

Attend a tour commented by 'the inventor' of the frescoes of the church Saint-Martin de Moeurs, either the person who discovered them....

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

Commune de Mœurs-Verdey

Attend a visit commented by the 'inventor' of the frescoes of the church Saint-Martin de Moeurs, the person who discovered them.
You can also learn more about the writing left on a wall by an American during the Second World War.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

Patrimoine vivant

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À propos du lieu

Église Saint-Martin

1 Place Saint-Martin, 51120 Moeurs-Verdey

Marne
Grand Est

This Romanesque church of the thirteenth century contains a magnificent fresco of the early sixteenth century (1520-1530) representing a medieval morality: the «Dit des trois morts et des trois vifs» (7 meters long and 3.50 meters high), an original stone altar of the thirteenth century with its remains of paintings on its sides (cross of malta and foliage) and its paving in sandstone and tomettes.
In different parts of the building, traces of polychrome can be found (false apparatus, fleur-de-lys, biblical scene, cross of consecration, vegetable crown). We can also see, on the ends of the beams, in the choir, mascarons representing the faces of grimacing monks.
The church was classified as a Historical Monument in 2014, as it was only in 2012 that the fresco was discovered. The association that manages the place is recognized as being of general interest.