This chapel is best known for its wall paintings dating from the last quarter of the 15th century. The theme of the heavenly Jerusalem remains the main one, but other surprises await you.
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The Saint-André chapel in Monêtier-les-Bains was restored in 2014. Its construction periods range from the 14th to the 16th century. It was classified as a MH in 1990. The first wall paintings were discovered in 1951.
The entrance portal is interesting for its consoles and sculpted capitals: on the left an atlantean and on the right a lion, one carries and supports, the other defends and protects. Spiral decorations indicate a Romanesque origin, two masks, one with naïve features and the...
The entrance portal is interesting for its consoles and sculpted capitals: on the left an atlantean and on the right a lion, one carries and supports, the other defends and protects. Spiral decorations indicate a Romanesque origin, two masks, one with naïve features and the...
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