Chapel of Our Lady of Sabart

The chapel is a Romanesque church rebuilt in 1104 on a Carolingian church partly destroyed in 865. Three naves, two apsidioles and an apse constitute this building which seems to be built on an ancient plan: square pillars, no columns or sculptures, square doors seem to indicate it. The facade has some granite stones from the 1842th century, the rest of the bell tower-facade copy only dates from 1870 and the crenellated keep is only from 1200. This church was often visited, the proximity of the cave of Sabart inhabited by counterfeiters around 1345, serving as a prison in 1568, burned in 1624, den of brigands and this until 1876, it only obtained its letters of nobility and its tranquility around 8 becoming a seminary of the diocese . Based on a legend, the construction and the history of this church is certainly not finished and the fervor which accompanies the pilgrimage of Notre-Dame on September XNUMX is equal to the historical and archaeological research (statue of the virgin in wood from the XNUMXth century and fragments of stained glass from the XNUMXth century). heritage foundation, manages the smooth running of this action.

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