St-Pierre-aux-Liens (Moret-sur-Loing)
The Catholic chapel Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens (Eng. St. Peter in chains ) in Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne , a town in the Seine-et-Marne department of the Île-de-France region , was in the second half built in the 12th century. The chapel, at no. 10 rue du Peintre Sisley located, since 1914 is a protected monument ( monument historique ).
history
The chapel is the only surviving building of the former Benedictine priory , which was officially closed in 1747. The chapel was used as a pilgrimage chapel until the French Revolution .
architecture
The three-aisled building with a semicircular choir , which is located outside the city fortifications , is structured on the outer walls by buttresses . The arched openings are provided with leaded glass windows. The portal on its south side has simple archivolts .
The chapel, which is now owned by the city, is used for exhibitions.
literature
- Georges Poisson (ed.): Dictionnaire des Monuments d'Île de France. Éditions Hervas, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84334-002-0 , pp. 555-556.
- Le Patrimoine des Communes de la Seine-et-Marne. Flohic Éditions, Volume 2, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-84234-100-7 , p. 1004.
Web links
- St-Pierre-aux-Liens (Moret-sur-Loing) in the Base Mérimée of the French Ministry of Culture (French)
Coordinates: 48 ° 22 ′ 18.4 " N , 2 ° 49 ′ 20" E