St-Cyr (Lançon)

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Saint-Cyr Chapel

The Saint-Cyr Catholic Chapel in Lançon , a French commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region , was built in the 11th century. The chapel at the foot of the fortified place has been a protected cultural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1926 .

history

The chapel , the holy Cyriacus ordained , is in the middle of the former cemetery.

architecture

The small chapel is made of stone and the gable roof is covered with stone slabs, as is the semicircular choir . The chapel with only one nave consisting of three bays is closed by a barrel vault . The two barrel-vaulted side chapels give the impression of a transept . The portal of the chapel is located on the south facade between the south side chapel and a mighty buttress . On the roof sits an open bell tower with a bell.

literature

  • Jean-Maurice Rouquette: Provence novels. Vol. I: La Provence rhodanienne (= La nuit des temps. Vol. 40). 2nd Edition. Zodiaque, La Pierre-qui-Vire 1980, OCLC 179978198 , pp. 42-43.
  • Guy Barruol, Jean-Maurice Rouquette: Routes through the Romanesque Provence. Translated from the French. by Christel Morano. Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-429-01506-5 , p. 84 (original title: Itinéraires romans en Provence ).

Web links

Commons : St-Cyr (Lançon)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. According to Base Mérimée : "12e siècle (?)", See St-Cyr (Lançon) . In: culture.gouv.fr, accessed on May 30, 2017.

Coordinates: 43 ° 35 ′ 17.7 "  N , 5 ° 7 ′ 23.9"  E