September 2025

Saturday 20
- 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday 21
- 09:00 - 17:00

Chapelle de Chevrier (74520)

12 chemin de pré Benoit 74520 Chevrier

Haute-Savoie

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Visit Chapelle de Chevrier (former church of Saint Martin)

Name: Visit Chapelle de Chevrier (former church of Saint Martin)
Start: 2025-09-20T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2025-09-21T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle de Chevrier (74520)

Self-guided tour of the chapel

20 and 21 September

Passed

Visite libre de la chapelle

September 2025

Saturday 20
- 09:00 - 17:00
Sunday 21
- 09:00 - 17:00

Additionnal information

Types d'événement

Visite libre

Specificities

Exceptional opening

Thèmes 2025

Architectural heritage

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit, Sans réservation

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

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Chapelle de Chevrier (74520)

12 chemin de pré Benoit 74520 Chevrier

Haute-Savoie

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

In the centre of the village, on the road to Vulbens, there is a chapel, formerly a parish church dedicated to Saint-Martin. Strangely enclosed in an ancient building which, originally, could have been a dependency of the Commandery of the Order of the Templars (a door is surmounted by a cross of Malta), the chapel dates from the 15th and 16th centuries and its ogival entrance door could even date from the 13th century. It was said to have been consecrated on 12 November 1486\. This chapel served as a parish church until 1793 because from that date, the parish of Chevrier was attached to that of Vulbens, just like that of Dingy. It was «reconciled» in 1821 as a rural chapel dedicated to Saint-Joseph. A cemetery was adjacent to the chapel; it was moved at the end of 1800 to be rebuilt on a plot given by the wealthy family BURLAT (current location).
One enters the chapel by a beautiful portal in broken hanger. It is a building of modest dimensions, composed of a nave on which open to the

September 2025

Besuch der Chapelle de Chevrier (ehemalige Kirche Saint Martin)

Visit Chapelle de Chevrier (former church of Saint Martin)

Visita alla Cappella di Chevrier (antica chiesa di Saint Martin)

Visite Chapelle de Chevrier (ancienne église Saint Martin)

Visita a la Capilla de Chevrier (antigua iglesia de San Martín)

September 2025