Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (Puligny-Montrachet)

Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption church

inner space

The Catholic parish church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (Assumption of Mary) in Puligny-Montrachet , a parish in the Côte-d'Or department in the French region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté , was built in the 13th century. The church is on the list of the Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel , the register of cultural heritage in France.

history

The northern side chapel was added at the end of the 15th century. The vault of the nave was renewed at the beginning of the 16th and 17th centuries. The vault in the choir shows the year 1619. In the second half of the 18th century the side aisles and the western yoke with the portal were built. In the middle of the 19th century the southern side chapel, the apse and the sacristy were added.

architecture

Exterior construction

A roof turret sits between the choir and nave , crowned by a twisted pointed helmet. The outer walls of the side aisles are reinforced by buttresses. Two smaller portals are cut into the west facade at the height of the aisles and a larger one at the height of the central nave, and round windows open over the rectangular portals.

inner space

The three-aisled nave opens into a polygonal choir in the east. The main nave is covered with a ribbed vault, the side aisles have groined vaults . The wide round arches that open the main nave to the side aisles rest on massive pillars. The belt arches of the vault are supported by pilasters that are decorated with capitals , the vault ribs are supported by consoles .

Leaded glass window

The stained glass windows of the church date from the 19th century. The two windows depicting St. Mary Magdalene and the Apostle Paul were made by Charles Champigneulle . On a window with the signature of Joseph Besnard and the year 1880 the women are depicted at the empty grave. The window depicting the apparition of Mary in Lourdes bears the signature of Lucien-Léopold Lobin and the year 1892. Another window depicting the Assumption of Mary is by an unknown artist.

Women at the grave
Mary Magdalene
Apostle Paul
Apparition of Mary in Lourdes

Holy grave

The church has a sacred grave of the Renaissance . Christ is depicted as a reclining figure on a pedestal decorated with four arcades . In the niches, the Roman soldiers who were supposed to guard the tomb can be seen in clothing and weapons from the 16th century. The inscription is carved on the upper edge: “ACCEPERV (N) T AVT CORPVS IESV E LIGAVERVNT EVM LINTHEIS CV AROMATIB (VS)” (they took the body of Jesus and wrapped it in sheets with herbs) and below it the year 1539.