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Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 11h00Passat
Setembre 2022
Dissabte 17
11:00 - 12:00

Le calvaire

Montée du Calvaire, 74120 Megève
  • Haute-Savoie
  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

OFFICIAL INAUGURATION OF THE ST MICHEL CROSS

Completely restored in 2022, the Croix de mission St-Michel is inaugurated in the presence of the actors of its restoration.
Samedi 17 septembre 2022, 11h00Passat
Mairie de Megève

Located at the start of the Calvary climb, the religious monument of the statue Saint-Michel, known as «La Croix de Mission» consists of three elements: the cross, monolith granite cut stone, erected in 1880 and bearing the mention of the various missions of 1885, 1889 and 1890, surmounted by the statue of Christ dating from the last quarter of the 19th century and housing in a niche, that of Saint-Michel slaying the dragon, established in the second half of the 19th century. Exposed to the climatic turmoil and the outrages of time, aggravated by its installation on a particularly steep and not terraced ground, a global renovation of its various modules was necessary. The monument was fully restored in 2022.

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Visite commentée / Conférence
Thème 2022
Patrimoine durable
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Le calvaire
Montée du Calvaire, 74120 Megève
  • Haute-Savoie
  • Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Between the heart of the capital and the plateau of Mont d'Arbois, rises one of the only Sacred Mountains, those mountains of the Passion marked by chapels and scenes of the ascent to Calvary, that count our country. Built between 1840 and 1878, Le Calvaire de Megève is primarily the work of a man, Father Ambroise Martin (1791-1863), parish priest of Megève from 1820 until his death. It consists of fifteen chapels and oratories, staged on the first slopes of the mountain, depicting the stations of the Way of the Cross leading to Jerusalem’s Golgotha. The different buildings, which borrow from all the architectural styles of the past, house about fifty painted wooden statues, generally life-size, completed by frescoes and trompe-l'oeil. Architecture, sculpture and painting combine here to evoke in striking images of realism the life and passion of Christ. This beautiful ensemble was once a place of pilgrimage so important that it earned Megève the nickname of «Savoisian Jerusalem». Toda
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Édifice religieux, Espace naturel, parc, jardin