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The Gellin church replaced an older building deemed unsanitary in the 19th century. Built in 1843 to the plans of the architect César Auguste Pompée, this church adopts in many respects a classic type in the religious architecture of Haut-Doubs: a bell tower-porch covered with an imperial roof precedes the three bays of the nave which open onto the choir. Cylindrical columns separate the bays of the nave from the aisles.
Bays pierced in the walls of each of the aisle bays as well as in those of the apse of the choir, light the interior of the church. Cylindrical columns support the groin vaults of the three vessels and emphasize the slender appearance of the whole. All the walls are covered with paneling, old for the choir and recent for the side aisles. The walls of the apse of the side aisles are occupied by altarpieces with paintings: the Presentation of Our Lady in the temple (the name of the church) on the left and, perhaps Saint Christina of Tire on the right. A gabled roof covers the nave and the right bay of the choir, the apse having its own roof. The exterior walls are partly covered with metal protection plates installed during a recent restoration.
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