Catégorie : Sites 2020

In 2020 > Sarkis

Survival, according to legend, of the hermitage of Saint-Point built in the 6th century on the banks of the lake of the same name, or consequence of the creation of the abbey of Mont-Saint-Marie, in 1199, or again, foundation by the monks of Romainmôtiers (Switzerland) in 1126, the small priory of Saint-Point would have been well established in the 12th century, which also corresponds to the dating of the oldest parts of the church, even if Saint-Point only really appears in the texts in the 13th century. First relay of the monastery of Romainmôtier, it became a vicariate in 1454 and it was established as a parish in 1777.
Placed under the name of Saint Point, it is a small building located inside the cemetery enclosure.
The bell tower-porch, covered by an imperial roof, precedes a single nave with 3 bays and a choir with a flat apse. A gallery opening onto the nave has been built on the first floor of the bell tower.
The nave is the oldest element of the building (late 12th century). The choir was rebuilt from 1504 to 1508 after the fire of the original choir. Two side chapels forming a transept were erected in 1480. The chapel on the right has preserved a washbasin from the 15th century.The nave is covered by a broken barrel vault resting on double arches which rest on thick walls reinforced by buttresses and pierced with bays. The choir and side chapels have ribbed vaults.
A sacristy adjoining the choir was built in the 18th century and the architect Pompée restored the facade in a neo-classical style. Figurative stained glass windows made in 1930 according to designs by glass painter Albert Gerrer in Mulhouse, occupy the two large bays of the choir; they represent The flight into Egypt of he Holy Family on one side, Saint Point in prayer at the feet of the cross on the other.
The tombstones preserved in the church evoke the life of the dead, this path which led, it is said, from the abbey of Mont-Sainte-Marie to the priory of Saint-Point, where those the abbey could not accommodate would take on that path to rest. The Saint-Point church has been included on the list of historic monuments since July 28, 2004.

GPS : 46,813583 / 6,302048

In 2020 > Elisabeth S. Clark

Built in the 16th century, the church stands within the cemetery enclosure. Despite successive restorations, it has been able to retain most of its original structure: a bell tower-porch opening onto a central nave with four bays flanked by two side aisles lit by stained-glass windows; one of these aisles is closed at its apse by a stained glass window depicting the crucifixion, the other by an altar dedicated to Saint-Antoine and topped by the statue of the saint.
The choir with a flat apse and the entire church are ribbed vaulted. The Baroque high altarpiecewhich occupies the apse of the choir is topped by an imposing stepped tabernacle which extends almost to the top of the altarpiece from which it partially conceals the decoration of clouds, clouds and cherubs’ heads. Behind the upper part of the tabernacle itself surmounted by a Resurrection Christ, two angels lift the sides of a heavy theater curtain revealing Heaven symbolized by clouds, cherub heads and the dove of the Holy Spirit in the bright rays of the Eternal Father. Only two colors for this set as well as for the preaching pulpit and the side altar: dark brown for the backgrounds and gold for the statues, sculptures and decorations.

GPS : 46,776783 / 6,338352

In 2020 > the FRAC with Ann Veronica Janssens, Charles Dreyfus and Pierre Tatu

Located on the side of the road, this modest chapel which has been dated back to 1634 is dedicated to Saint Antide, bishop of Besançon martyred during the 4th century. Consisting of a single ribbed-vaulted nave and a choir, it is covered by a two-sided roof topped with a bell tower. Note the presence of a wooden altar in the choir and a reliquary statuette of Saint Antide.

GPS : 46,692803 / 6,164524

In 2020 > Pierre-Yves Freund

Founded in the 13th century, Saint-Jean-Baptiste church was not built until the 14th century and rebuilt in the 15th century. The current building is the result of alterations and restorations carried out over the centuries.
Formerly located in the middle of the two towns (“up” and “down”), it is included in the enclosure of the old cemetery. The bell tower topped with a traditional imperial roof opens onto a single nave covered by a gable roof and a lower choir, highlighting two periods of construction. Wooden paneling covers the walls of the choir and the nave. Note the presence of several interesting elements of old religious furniture in carved and gilded wood: scenes from the Old and New Testaments on certain panels of the paneling; the preaching pulpit, a Christ on the cross, statues of Saint John the Baptist and Saint Nicholas.

GPS : 46,746354 / 6,296377

In 2020 > Jingfang HAO & Lingjie WANG

The new church completed in 1869 replaced an older building (16th century). It is built on an almost traditional plan: a bell tower-porch opens onto the nave made up of a central nave and two side aisles; a polygonal apse houses the choir, the walls of which are covered with wooden paneling. All of the furniture (altars, preaching pulpit, etc.) is part of the fashion for decor and part of the religious architecture of the time which marks the triumph of the neo-Gothic style.
Externally, buttresses reinforce the aisles and punctuate the building which is imposing, especially due to its height highlighted by the polygonal spire which covers the bell tower.

GPS : 46,768580 / 6,239827

In 2020 > Pascal Broccolichi

Started in 1698, its construction was not completed until 1734. The Saint-Pierre church fits into the general scheme of the churches of Haut-Doubs, both in terms of classical architecture and that of the interior baroque decoration. The sanctuary does not have a transept, but a large nave made up of a central nave and two side aisles, opening onto the choir. The carved wood decoration combines gold and polychromy in profusion. We find, particularly in the altarpiece of the main altar, the traditional twisted columns, here with small figures and a few birds mixed with the bunches of grapes, which support an entablature ensuring the unity of the whole.
At the top of the altarpiece, God the Father, surrounded by cherubs, is sheltered under a canopy with festoons and tassels. Below the dove of the Holy Spirit, a canvas represents Christ handing over the keys to Saint Peter. On either side of this ensemble, two large statues of the Virgin and Child and Saint Joseph. We must also mention the statues of the 12 apostles which punctuate the choir and which come, according to tradition, from the ancient Church of Saint-Etienne in Pontarlier, accidentally destroyed in the 18th century. Note the imperial bell tower which covers the bell tower-porch, a roof completely characteristic of the bell towers of Haut-Doubs.

GPS : 46,872359 / 6,381461

In 2024 > Karim KAL

In 2020 > Line Marquis

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.

GPS : 46,733812 / 6,240353

In 2020 > Bob Gramsma

Near the tourist area of the Frasne peat bogs, at a place called « scierie de l’étang » (sawmill of the Pond), on the edge of the Frasne pond, on the road to Bonnevaux, stands a small chapel. It is part of a group of houses and factory buildings built around 1930 constituting the place called « hamlet of the sawmill » renamed « hamlet of the pond ».
It has been abandoned for a long time, too long according to its current owner who has undertaken its restoration. In the 1980s, it welcomed Vietnamese priests and it has become a place of artistic expression since its reopening in 2007.
It is a modest building with a rectangular plan consisting of a single nave lit by four bays and a semi-circular choir. The whole is covered by a gabled roof and topped by a small bell tower.

GPS : 46,834593 / 6,15555

In 2020 > Sebastien Strahm

This old medieval barn of Cessay was located in a pleasant setting of forest and greenery, close to the departmental road linking Champagnole to Pontarlier, on the edge of the axis which led from the abbey of Mont-Sainte-Marie to the small town of Salins. The name of Cessay appears in 1200 in a charter which attests to the existence of this barn before 1200. It was initially a simple farm building intended to store crops before becoming a farming unit. agricultural and livestock including farm buildings and a chapel. This is mentioned on a plan of the buildings of Cessay from 1651.
The current chapel was probably built after the Ten Years’ War (1635-1644) or during a plague epidemic since it was dedicated to Saint Roch, a saint invoked against the plague. With the Revolution, the entire Grange de Cessay was sold and dislocated; the chapel remains but was used for agricultural purposes until the beginning of the 20th century.
It was the subject of a cleaning project and the roof was restored on the occasion of Cessay’s 800th anniversary in 2000. It is a small rectangular building lit by a bay and covered by a gable roof pans.

GPS : 46,881092 / 6,147314

It is located in the upper part of the village of Chaffois, inside the enclosure of the old cemetery. Built between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century, it underwent various repairs and transformations before being rebuilt after the fire of 1904.
Its structure consists of a bell tower-porch which opens onto a central nave and two collaterals; the whole is covered by ribbed vaults. Stained glass windows light the aisles and the choir. Here, no imperial roof for the bell tower but an octagonal spire. The facade incorporates some elements of classical architecture: pediment, columns, capitals… The interior is almost completely stripped of all ornamentation: an 18th century Christ on the cross – undoubtedly coming from the original building – represents the only sculptural element in the building.

GPS : 46,915599 / 6,269969