St-Véran (orgone)

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Saint-Véran chapel
Palmettes

The Catholic Chapel of St-Véran in Orgon , a French commune in the Bouches-du-Rhône department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region , was probably built in the 12th and 13th centuries. Century erected. The chapel , which is located outside the village, has been a protected architectural monument ( Monument historique ) since 1921 .

history

Today only the remains of the chapel remain, the apse and the last yoke of the nave . On the apse there are still relief panels showing small figures. Fan-shaped palmettes can also be seen as decorative shapes in the window areas .

literature

  • Guy Barruol, Jean-Maurice Rouquette: Routes through the Romanesque Provence . Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1993, ISBN 3-429-01506-5 , p. 28.
  • Jean-Maurice Rouquette: Provence novels I . Zodiaque, 2nd edition, La Pierre-qui-Vire 1980, pp. 47-48. (without ISBN)

Web links

Commons : St-Véran (Orgon)  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 43 ° 47 ′ 57.6 "  N , 5 ° 1 ′ 26"  E