Self-guided tour

Name: Visita libre
Start: 2023-09-16T14:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Orien

It is a procession of characters representing the various social states, each accompanied by his death. It is the equality of all before death, rich or poor, powerful or humble. For the gra…

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

Dominique Poulin

It is a procession of characters representing the various social states, each accompanied by his death. It is the equality of all before death, rich or poor, powerful or humble. For the adults, it is a lesson of humility, for the little ones, it is a bit of consolation.

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Visite libre

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

Type de public

Tout public

About the location

Église Saint-Orien

Place Jean-Moulin 28120 Meslay-le-Grenet

Eure-et-Loir
Centre-Val de Loire

Church of the XIIth century which shelters several paintings(paints): "Dance of death ", "Said of Three Deaths and Three Vivoses", "Thought the women chatterboxes", "The Legend of the king Mort", and stages(scenes) of Passion. The "Dance of death " is a stream of characters representing the diverse social states, each accompanied with its death. It is the equality of all in front of the death, rich or poor, powerful or unassuming. 20 "couples" according to a pecking order, alternately religious and civil or military of the most influential in the most unassuming. Other paintings(paints): "Said of three deaths and three vivoses", "said of talkative women in mass", Passion.