Chapel of Notre-Dame de la Consolation, Thiezac

Ancient pilgrimage chapel that seems to have been built at the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century and restored in the 15th century, following the wars that devastated the region.

About this building

The building consists of a single vaulted nave ending in a semi-dome apse closed by a partition on which the altar rests. The Chapel has a painted decoration bearing the date 1667, restored at the end of the Second Empire and then around 1930.

Key Features

  • Monuments

Visitors information

  • Parking within 250m

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