Church of Sainte-Marie-Madeleine
The church Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Celles-sur-Ource was dependent on the abbey Notre-Dame de Mores, its former Cistercian abbey neighbor. Built in the sixteenth century, it has a Gothic nave of three spans, extended by a flamboyant five-sided Gothic style choir. You can admire a statue of Mary Magdalene in polychrome limestone (seventeenth century), a high altar with altarpiece and tabernacle (seventeenth century), a painting by P. Cossard (eighteenth century) and windows of the sixteenth century.
About this building
The church Sainte-Marie-Madeleine Celles-sur-Ource in the Aube was dependent on the Abbey of Our Lady of Mores, a former Cistercian abbey founded by Saint Bernard.
Built in the sixteenth century on a Latin cross oriented plan, it has a Gothic nave of three spans, extended by a flamboyant five-sided Gothic style choir. The vaults of the choir are six branches of warheads, liernes and tiercerons. Those of the transept are of the same style but with four branches. Some keystones are carved. The collaterals were built in the 18th century by adding the walls of the nave and transepts. The square tower of the tower was raised in the nineteenth century (the arrow initially planned was not realized) as well as the entrance porch and the sacristy.
Inside, one can admire a statue of Mary Magdalene made of polychrome limestone (seventeenth century), a high altar with altarpiece and tabernacle polychrome carved oak, gilding and faux marble (seventeenth century), a table showing the Christ on the Cross and Madeleine painted by Pierre Cossard (1720-1784) and 16th century windows. Many of these objects are classified.
