The Notre-Dame-de-Valvert chapel, built of Annot sandstone, was once the church of a Lérins priory. It's the austerity of this undecorated building in its rural setting that makes it so attractive.
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The first mention of Notre-Dame-de-Valvert church dates back to 1245, when Bishop Sigismond of Senez gave Guillaume, prior of Vergons, his property in the area. However, the chapel dates back to the first half of the 12th century, and would have been built in two campaigns: the first comprising the apse, the chapels and the last two bays of the nave, and the second, immediately afterwards, during which the first two bays of the nave would have been built. It was a modest priory: as early as...
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