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Sunday 17 September 2023, 15:00Passed
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Free. Free entrance.
September 2023
Sunday 17
15:00 - 16:30
Accessible to the motor impaired

Église Notre-Dame de la Nativité

Place Jules ferry, 10420 Les Noës-Près-Troyes
  • Aube
  • Grand Est

The Noes, ten centuries of anecdotes!

European Heritage Days 2023
Sunday 17 September 2023, 15:00Passed
Conditions
Free. Free entrance.
© Troyes Champagne Métropole

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About the location

Église Notre-Dame de la Nativité
Place Jules ferry, 10420 Les Noës-Près-Troyes
  • Aube
  • Grand Est
Large in size for the small village of a few hundred inhabitants that was Christmas in the sixteenth century, the church was a richly endowed place of pilgrimage. A carved wooden altarpiece, made in the 1550s, with exceptionally preserved colours, is one of these treasures.
Having undergone the assaults of time, it required a long and meticulous restoration, adapted to the three species that compose it: the linden, the oak and the poplar. Presented during the exhibition «Le Beau XVIe» in Troyes, it has since found its place under the vault, where remains of original paintings, framed by woodwork and renovated monastic stalls, and surmounted by stained glass windows.
The restored altar completes this triptych, which represents the carrying of the cross, the crucifixion and the resurrection. The inauguration of the restored altarpiece gave rise, at the beginning of 2011, to a ceremony presided by Canon Bertrand Roy, episcopal delegate for the Troyan agglomeration, in the presence of Jean
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Monument historique, Édifice religieux
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