Discover a chapel built by the sailors of a boatmen village

Name: Discover a chapel built by the sailors of a boatmen village
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle Saint-Nicolas

European Heritage Days

16 and 17 September 2023Passed

Conditions

Free.

©Collection OT Lac du Der

Discover this small chapel built in 1661.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thèmes 2023

Patrimoine vivant

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Chapelle Saint-Nicolas

Rue du Bas Village, 51300 Vitry-le-François

Marne
Grand Est

The district of the Low Village, where is the chapel St Nicholas' Day, was in time(period) very previous(former) to the foundation of Vitry, bargemen's village. The boatmen built this chapel in 1661, in bardage of wooden pieces and cover of slats of beech and decorated with marine anchors outside and indoors. The chosen boss was Saint Nicolas, boss of the bargemen.