Visit and entertainment on the restoration site of a 12th century church

Name: Visita y animación en la obra de restauración de una iglesia del siglo XII
Start: 2022-09-17T13:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Pierre

Discover a new stage in the restoration and preservation of the church: the choir.

17 i 18 septiembre 2022Passed

©ASE-LCL - Jean-Pierre Prudhomme

Discover a new stage in the restoration and preservation of the church: the choir.

Many of you met with us last year to present the first phase of this exceptional project.
We look forward to welcoming you back to see the rest of this work:

taking over structural defects by modern techniques,
restoration of the choir, which collapsed in 2000, with reconstruction of a ribbed vault and reconstruction of the vaults according to original techniques.
Our members will accompany you during this discovery, complemented by explanatory panels, as well as videos taken as close as possible to the artisans at work.
Our usual stands will also be open to enhance your visit.
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About the location

Église Saint-Pierre

2 Rue du Gué du Four, 51260 La Chapelle-Lasson

Marne
Grand Est

The church of the Chapelle-Lasson cannot go unnoticed: it stands, in the middle of the fields, at the exit of the village.
This is not the reason why it was classified as a historical monument in 1973, but the quality of its architecture. The only remnant of a monastery of the Hospitallers of Jerusalem, it was probably built, at the end of the twelfth century, in primitive Gothic, already reached, in this region close to the Île-de-France, a good mastery of the vault on a cross of warheads.
Its first quality is the simplicity and harmony of its proportions. The only decoration that the builders allowed themselves, are the capitals with hooks inside and a frieze of choir outside at the top of the gouttereau wall.
The North Transept was rebuilt in the 15th century. A flamboyant window testifies to this, but retains the simplicity and rigour of the late twelfth century. The nave was rebuilt at the end of the 19th century in neo-Gothic style, inspired by the model nature of the original pr