The chapel was built under the will of Guillaume Calvy, a member of one of Le Cannet's founding families.
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It was thus built in the 16th century, in 1557, in "honor of God, Our Lady of the Angels and Saint-Crépin, in the vineyard, at a place called Vallon de Malleys" (Saint-Crépin is the patron saint of shoemakers, Guillaume Calvy's profession).
The church consists of a rectangular nave with little natural light, and a porch opening onto the exterior. The entrance to the porch is a wide, round-arched bay with molded capitals. This porch is known as the "narthex", as it enabled catechumens to...
The church consists of a rectangular nave with little natural light, and a porch opening onto the exterior. The entrance to the porch is a wide, round-arched bay with molded capitals. This porch is known as the "narthex", as it enabled catechumens to...
