Flash guided tour of Chapaize

Name: Visite guidée flash de Chapaize
Start: 2023-09-17T09:30:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T12:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Martin

Permanence of the Country of art and history on the market and visits flashes of the village, regularly

Dimanche 17 septembre 2023, 09h30Passat

Depending on the arrival of visitors

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

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Conditions de participation

Gratuit

À propos du lieu

Église Saint-Martin

71460 Chapaize

Saône-et-Loire
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

A menhir on the climb of Brancion, a menhir halfway down Uxelles, the Roman way Mâcon-Autun in the forest, a source that has never dried up, Chapaize was always a place of life and spirituality. Gallo-Roman coins, a well of the 5th century, skeletons of the 8th century, a sacred fountain (remnant of the Saint-Léger chapel 9th century) where, until the Revolution, pilgrimages took place, testify to the past. At the beginning of the 11th century, Hugues de Chalon called upon Guillaume de Volpiano to reorganize the monasteries of the city. It is most likely this great monk builder who built Saint-Martin de Chapaize (cf. the monograph by Mme Rusel). This monument is characterized by a simple and flat facade with a central body barely in relief, 3 naves without transept – what is called a basilical plan. A steeple-tower very characteristic of the south of France and the north of Italy and a decoration of arcature and Lombard bands called "lesions". Here we find the pure style of the first L

Etiquetas

Édifice religieux, Villes et Pays d'art et d'histoire, Monument historique

Accès

On the D 14 between Cormatin and Brancion

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