St-Blaise (Les Baux-de-Provence)
The former Catholic chapel Saint-Blaise in Les Baux , a French commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region , was built in the 12th century. The church has been a protected cultural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1904 .
history
The chapel was from the guild of weavers built and its patron saint , Saint Blaise , consecrated . In the 18th century, which now has been profaned building converted to the guild house of the weavers' guild.
architecture
The small chapel is made of stone and covered by a gable roof with clay tiles. On the west facade is the portal with tall arch stones and an oculus above . A roof turret with a bell sits on the gable .
literature
- Guy Barruol and Jean-Maurice Rouquette: Routes through Romanesque Provence . Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-429-01506-5 , p. 29.
Web links
Commons : St-Blaise (Les Baux-de-Provence) - Collection of images, videos and audio files
- St-Blaise (Les Baux-de-Provence) Description as Monument historique in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French text)
Coordinates: 43 ° 44 ′ 34.4 " N , 4 ° 47 ′ 40.5" E