Free visit of a church with beautiful 14th century decorations

Name: Free visit of a church with beautiful 14th century decorations
Start: 2022-09-18T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Discover a church, rebuilt in 1320, and its 14th-century frescoes which, in 1718, had undoubtedly been covered with plaster.

Sunday 18 September 2022, 10:00Passed

Conditions

Free. Free entrance.

©Quentin Gachon

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Thème 2022

No selection

I agree that the image may be freely used, provided that it is attributed to the author by name and shared under the same conditions.

Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

1 rue de l'église, 68750 Bergheim

Haut-Rhin
Grand Est

The 703 archives attest to the presence on this site of a basilica dedicated to Notre-Dame, destroyed in 1287 (of which only the bell tower called the «Green Tower» survived: it served as a guard tower, chapel and ossuary before being demolished in the early 19th century). The second church was consecrated in 1347\. The vaulted choir, a vaulted sacristy with a ribbed arch, a vessel with three naves, the bell tower and a sculpted portal remain from this period. In the 19th century the chapel and the southern sacristy were added.
The interior decoration has many remarkable elements: medieval wall paintings, 14th century frescoes, polychrome wooden statues of 1480, a painting of 1616, an organ restored in 2006\.
The exterior decor is equally exceptional: the western tympanum hosts the only representation of Alsace of the Adoration of the Magi in sandstone (14th century), the south and north walls display the fragments of a sculpture representing the descent of the cross of Jesus (14th cen