Chapel Saint Jean

Name: Chapel Saint Jean
Start: 2018-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2018-09-16T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle Saint-Jean

Chapel located in the old(former) chorus(choir) of the church of the Chevaliers de Saint Jean de Malte, decorated with frescoes and with Gothic stained-glass windows, with a retable devoted to saint J

Sunday 16 September 2018, 14:00Passed

Conditions

free 50 places(squares) by visit no material(equipment) to be planned(be provided for)

Sr Danièle MEYER

The chapel Saint Jean is on the 2nd floor, without elevator. There are not handicapped accesses.
The place will be opened on Sunday, September 16th, 2018 from 14 h till 18 h.
Free guided tours will be organised every half an hour.
A sale of comic strips, redrawing the history(story) of the Congregation of the Sœurs de la Divine Providence who restored this chapel in 1906, will be proposed at the price of 12 €.

About the location

Chapelle Saint-Jean

3 rue Saint Jean, 68000 Colmar

Haut-Rhin
Grand Est

Chapel decorated with frescoes and with Gothic stained-glass windows, restored in 1907 in the old(former) chorus(choir) of the church of the Chevaliers de Saint Jean de Malte, built in 1268\. This church was dedicated by Albert le Grand, a become Dominican bishop of Regensburg. The nave of the church was destroyed in 1806 by a trader of horses who had bought property. He(It) divided the chorus(choir) into 3 floors to make his(its) attics. The current chapel is therefore located in the 2nd floor of the building. In 1907, the Congregation of the Sœurs de la Divine Providence of Ribeauvillé restores the chorus(choir) and commands(orders) workshops Klem of Colmar a retable sculpted in the wood, decorated in the gold leaf and devoted to saint Jean-Baptiste.