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Sábado 17 septiembre 2022, 14:30Passed
Setembre 2022
Dissabte 17
14:30 - 15:30
7 to 99 years old

Site Clunisien - Prieuré de Contamine-Sur-Arve

74130 Contamine-sur-Arve
  • Haute-Savoie
  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Visit of the Priory of 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.
Sábado 17 septiembre 2022, 14:30Passed
Faucigny Glières Tourisme
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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,
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Monument historique i Édifice religieux
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Parking a few meters from the site
Faucigny Glières Tourisme