Catégorie : Sites 2022

In 2022 > Prune Simon-Vermot

It was only in 1507 that the parishioners of Vaux-et-Chantegrue were authorized to build a vicarial chapel in their village, of which the choir of the current church is perhaps a source of sustenance.
Placed under the name of the Nativity of Notre-Dame, the church is a relatively simple building (a Latin cross plan, a single nave preceded by a bell tower and opening onto a choir with a flat apse) and composite in terms of periods of construction: the bell tower (covered by an imperial roof) was built in the 19th century, the nave in the first quarter of the 16th century and the 18th century choir was modified in the 19th century. Stained glass windows illuminate the choir, the axial chapels of the transept and the nave.
The altarpiece is the work of Augustin Fauconnet and is part of the tradition of baroque altarpieces from Haut-Doubs: baroque in its movement, its decoration and its colors; typical of Haut-Doubs in its restraint, between wisdom and austerity. The central canvas of this altarpiece represents the Nativity of the Virgin (the name of the church); it was created by Swiss painter Jean Wyrsch in 1771. Also, a large wooden sculpture of Christ adorns the space, it may be dated back from the second half of the 16th century and linked to Flemish and Burgundian models, nevertheless its origins still need to be determined. Finally, also note a polychrome and gilded wooden statuette of the Virgin and Child which could be linked to the Romanesque virgins known as Virgins in Majesty, hence the varying dates which range from the 13th to 16th centuries.

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In 2022 > Olivier Toulemonde, le FRAC with Matthew McCaslin, Sébastien Thiéry

Pontarlier, a stopover between the abbeys of Saint-Bénigne de Dijon and Saint-Maurice d’Agaune (in Valais Switzerland) was provided quite early with a hospital (it is mentioned as early as 1189) – and a chapel or a church – located in Faubourg Saint-Pierre. Partially destroyed in 1639 during the capture of the city by the Saxe-Weimar Swedes, it was transferred to the Faubourg Saint-Étienne in 1700 according to the plans of the architect Richard. Once again destroyed by the great fire of 1736, it was rebuilt in 1740 according to the plans of the engineer Querret, then enlarged several times.
The chapel is a curious 19th century construction carried out in 1897 to the plans of the architect E. Bérard: a sort of narthex opens onto a single nave extended by an apse choir; the columns of the narthex support a gallery which allowed the sick on the first floor to follow the services; stained glass windows in the choir and the nave illuminate the whole. But it is less the plan of this building which is curious than its decor, inherited from a certain orientalist fashion: columns with cylindrical shafts and decorated capitals, stained glass windows decorated with luxuriant foliage, papyrus, sky vault of the nave starry, choir vault with a Byzantine-inspired Christ… The fairly dark paints covering the walls and columns and limited natural lighting give this chapel a rather dark interior appearance.

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In 2022 > Julie Chaffort

The current church was built between 1860 and 1863 to replace the original church (15th century) which had become too small to accommodate all the inhabitants. Located inside the cemetery enclosure, it is an imposing building consisting of a porch bell tower opening onto a central nave with two aisles and a choir. The nave and side aisles are lit by large windows and the choir by a circular window. It is especially remarkable for the entire baroque main altar, its tabernacle in gilded wood, and its altarpiece of brown painted wood enhanced with gilding, foliage, scrolls, garlands, twisted columns which frame niches with statues (the Virgin and an apostle and two sculpted groups, the Baptism of Constantine and the Education of the Virgin) and support a canopy where a statue of God sits in the middle of clouds and cherubs… The whole is very theatrical and reminiscent of other altarpieces such as the one in Sainte Catherine church in les Hôpitaux-Neufs.
Note that the construction of this church benefited from a donation from Emperor Napoleon III and another from Jean Séraphin Lanquetin (1794-1869), a politician from Longevilles-Mont-D’Or, President of the Paris Municipal Council and deputy for the Seine.

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In 2022 > Vidya Gastaldon

The foundation of the Sainte-Catherine church dates back to 1368. The church was rebuilt from 1694 to 1696. It is located inside the enclosure which surrounds the cemetery at the crossroads of the two roads which cross the village. Preceded by a bell tower (surmounted by an octagonal spire), the single blind nave is flanked on each side by three chapels lit by a stained-glass window; the sacristy is attached to the polygonal apse. However, this church is less known for its architecture than for its interior decor, which remains one of the most interesting examples of Baroque art in Haut-Doubs.
Each of the six side chapels has a small altar-altarpiece with a painted canvas or a sculpted bas-relief. But the centerpiece of this decoration remains the main altar: surmounted by a goldenciborium with a canopy supported by twisted columns and surmounted by musical angels, it is flanked by niches with statues and decorated with a sculpted altarpiece dedicated to Saint Catherine of Siena.
To see in the Chapel of the Virgin a statue of the seated Virgin (gilded wood from the 17th century, originally polychrome) called The Virgin of Lausanne. The original model (a statue covered in gilded silver) was venerated at Lausanne Cathedral, a place of Marian pilgrimage, until its disappearance during the Bernese conquest in 1536. Also note, in one of the chapels lateral, the tombstone of Jean-Baptiste de Strambino, bishop and count of Lausanne, who died during a pastoral visit on June 29, 1684.

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In 2022 > Arnaud Vasseux

Located in the hollow of the valley, this small chapel, placed like the church of Jougne under the name of Saint Maurice, is part of the enclosure of the Ferrière cemetery. It once belonged to a priory built by the Benedictines of Saint-Maurice d’Agaune Abbey (in Switzerland) who could stop there between their convent and Burgundy. The priory has now completely disappeared and only the chapel remains. This chapel was rebuilt in the 12th century on a Carolingian crypt from the 9th century and was transformed twice: at the end of the Middle Ages with the rearrangement of two bays and the strengthening of the buttresses and in the 16th century with the removal of the apse.
Inside, the single nave with 4 bays separated by double arches is covered by a pointed barrel vault and lit by semi-circular bay windows while the west wall is pierced by an oculus. The capitals of the columns separating the third bay from the choir are decorated with heads, figures and interlacing. The three bays of the crypt are covered by a groined vault falling on columns whose capitals are decorated with interlacing. All of the capitals of the nave and the crypt are a truly remarkable and typical testimony to the first unique Romanesque decoration in Haut-Doubs. This chapel is therefore one of the oldest Christian settlements in Haut-Doubs. In 1309, the marriage was celebrated there between Louis of Savoy, lord of Vaud (Switzerland) and Isabelle de Chalon, daughter of Jean de Chalon-Arlay.

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In 2022 > Marion Lemaître

The translation of the relics of Saint Pius from Rome to Besançon and from Besançon to Doubs, in 1781, is at the origin of the construction of the current church in Doubs. The bones of this unknown martyr who lived under the Roman Empire were found in Rome, in the catacombs, accompanied by a vial of blood. Faced with the influx of pilgrims from all over the region, the church was considered too small and it was decided to build a new one according to the drafts of the architect Martin Béliard to replace the primitive medieval building which was too dilapidated. The new church was blessed in 1869 but with an unfinished bell tower which had to wait for its spire until 1931. The spire was restored in 2020.
It is a neo-Gothic style church whose imposing dimensions are surprising for a village which had only 400 inhabitants at the time of its construction. It consists of a bell tower opening onto a single nave preceding the choir to which is attached the chapel housing the shrine of the relics of Saint Pius. A narrow circulation gallery runs on each side of the nave and extends in the form of a triforium. Bays with historic or simply decorated stained glass windows (by Maréchal, decorative artist in Metz) illuminate the nave and the choir at the level of the triforium as well as the chapel of Saint Pius. From the primitive church, there remains a painted wooden panel from the 15th century representing the crucifixion, 3 gilded wooden statues from the 18th century, Saint Martin, Saint Agatha and Saint Barbara, and a statue of the Virgin crushing the serpent, as well as a baptismal tank (1560).

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In 2024 > Sylvana MC NULTY

In 2022 > Laurent Guenat

The first religious building built in Brey village seems to have been a chapel built in 1497 to avoid residents having to go as far as Rochejean to attend services. Another chapel would have been built in the 17th century at Maison-du-Bois. Built in the first half of the 19th century (1837), the current parish church under the name of Saint-Sébastien replaces these successive buildings. It consists of a bell tower opening onto a single nave separated from the choir by a three-step stairs. The barrel vault of the nave rests on columns with cylindrical shafts. A small classically inspired building is attached to the bell tower-porch crowned by an imperial roof.
Apart from a statue of the Virgin and Child dating from the second half of the 17th century, which could come from the original building, all of the furniture dates from the 19th century: the preaching pulpit, of which only the tank remains. The statues of Christ on the cross, of Saint Francis Xavier and the Virgin. The paintings of the Death of Saint Francis Xavier ; of Saint Isidore ; of the Virgin and Child with Saint John the Baptist and Saint Agnes ; all donated by the emperor Napoléon Bonaparte the Third in 1860, and that of the Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian, copy of a 17th century painting.

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