Visit of the Chapel of Prigny

Name: Visit of the Chapel of Prigny
Start: 2022-09-17T14:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle de Prigny

Plunge at the heart of the history(story) of Moutiers in Retz

17 and 18 September 2022Passed

Conditions

Freeness(Wantoness)

Mairie - Les Moutiers en Retz

The members of the association " Les Mercredis de Prigny " will show you places. Dive at the heart of the history(story) of Moutiers. Come admire architecture and treasures of this building and of its listed(classified) retables. Invitation to the discovery of the site at the foot of the Chapel.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

About the location

Chapelle de Prigny

Route de l'Abbaye, 44760 Les Moutiers-en-Retz

Loire-Atlantique
Pays de la Loire

Firmly anchored on its mound since the eleventh century, the chapel dominates the bay. It is a stocky building where the four openings are semicircular: detail revealing its primitive Romanesque style. The bell tower is posterior and probably served as a watchtower for the Templars since it dominates the Baie de Bourgneuf and the Marais Breton. As soon as you pass the door, do not miss to admire the altarpieces of the seventeenth century characteristic of Baroque art. Two statues are particularly remarkable because they prove the Breton and Poitevine influences that shaped the Pays de Retz. One, in English soil dating from the eighteenth century is on the right side altar: Saint-Gwénolé, patron saint of paludiers. This saint was also invoked by the young girls who wanted to get married in the year: they pricked the toe of the saint to find the soul mate and get married in the year. The other centerpiece in this chapel is the statue of the Virgin, made of polychrome wood. This Norman Vi