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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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