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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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