Discover the interior renovation of the church, its paintings, the altar and the baroque altarpiece!

Name: ¡Descubre la renovación interior de la iglesia, sus pinturas, el altar y el retablo barroco!
Start: 2022-09-17T15:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-17T16:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Sainte-Lucie de Soeix

The visit is proposed by the association Sauvegarde de l'église de Soeix.

Sábado 17 septiembre 2022, 15:00Passed

©Mairie Oloron Sainte-Marie

The visit is proposed by the association Sauvegarde de l'église de Soeix.

After the renovation of the roof in 2019, the municipality of Oloron Sainte-Marie undertook, in this first quarter of 2022, the renovation of the interior of the building: replacement of the vault, the electrical installation and the laying of the stone floor of Arudy.
Preliminary surveys had made it possible to find, under the brush of the late twentieth century, the painted decoration of the triumphal arch and a crown of red flowers around the dormer window of the choir. These 19th century paintings are being restored.
On the other hand, the financial contribution of the association «Sauvegarde de l'église de Soeix» makes it possible to envisage the restoration of the altar and altarpiece dating from 1724.
During this visit, the painter Jean-François Claver will present the techniques used for the cleaning and restoration of the furniture, as well as the reconstruction of the paintings of the choir.

About the location

Église Sainte-Lucie de Soeix

Rue Sainte-Lucie, 64400 Oloron-Sainte-marie

Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

This building, which predated the French Revolution, was modest but nevertheless equipped with a baroque altarpiece, underwent an ambitious restoration in 1868: construction of a wooden bell tower with two large bells, creation of a broken barrel vault, installation of two Mauméjean stained-glass windows. Soeix wanted to be at the height of the neighbouring villages. At the end of the 20th century, the building suffered a deterioration putting its existence in jeopardy. The actions carried out by the volunteers of the association «Save the church of Soeix» made it possible to start its rescue with, in 2019, the repair of the entire roof. On the eve of a second phase of work (renovation of the ground, electricity and interior walls), the municipality of Oloron-Sainte-Marie is preparing to give the church of Saint Lucia an aspect worthy of this symbol of the village. The visit of the church will be an opportunity to recall some moments of the history of the building, its structure and th