Visit the Church of Saint Nicholas in Velogny

Name: Visit the Church of Saint Nicholas in Velogny
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T19:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Nicolas de Velogny

Discover a 12th century church.

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free

The current building has been built in different stages and consists of a choir and a choir formed by 2 bays dating from the 14th century. The nave is off course to the south compared to the previous bays and is also flanked by 2 lateral chapels forming transept to the south, the chapel Notre-Dame qualified "Chapelle Seigneuriale and to the north the chapel Saint-Sulpice (perhaps the base of the bell tower) the latter, more recent than the north wall of the nave since it hides a small Romanesque window. The Furniture is rich with a panel painted walnut "the adoration of the shepherds" work of an anonymous painter Burgundian (1543-ISMH)

About the location

Église Saint-Nicolas de Velogny

Rue Amont, 21350 Velogny

Côte-d'Or
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

The construction of the parish church of St Nicholas dates back to the twelfth century, but many changes have been made over the centuries. It has a choir and a bow choir vaulted on a cross of ribs with keys of vault with initials and coat of arms of the XIVth century. Two chapels forming the transept -Notre-Dame vaulted with warheads with trilobed bay and flamboyant swimming pool -Saint-Sulpice which masks a small Romanesque window vaulted with ridges. The north chapel is vaulted with edges, the vault of the nave is panelled in oak on frame of the fifteenth century; the ends are two heads of animals and 12 heads of men Inside, a painted walnut panel representing the adoration of the shepherds work of an anonymous Burgundian from 1543 listed in the additional inventory of historical monuments. On a frame of the 15th century, the roof covering partly in lava was restored in 1990.