Bémont Reformed Chapel

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Chapel in Bémont, La Brévine

The Reformed Chapel Bémont is a transverse church in the hamlet of the same name in the municipality of La Brévine in Switzerland .

history

The church was built in 1767 for the residents of the western part of the vast high valley of La Brévine .

description

The exterior of the baroque hall church is dominated by a red roof turret with a Welscher hood . The year of construction is noted on the lintel of the only entrance. The simple interior is transverse. An L-shaped gallery allows a view of the pulpit on the transverse axis and the centrally positioned font .

literature

  • Guide artistique de la Suisse , Volume 4a , Berne 2011, p. 226.

Coordinates: 46 ° 57 '42.7 "  N , 6 ° 32' 59.1"  E ; CH1903:  five hundred thirty-two thousand three hundred and forty-seven  /  two hundred and one thousand five hundred eighty-one