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Church of Notre-Dame des Oliviers

Church of Notre-Dame des Oliviers

Murat, FR

The Collegiate Church of Our Lady of Olives is located in Murat, Auvergne. A fire ravaged the building in 1493, but it was immediately rebuilt in its current layout. The building has a long nave with a choir with flat chevet. Enlarged over time, the church is now topped by a bell-tower that also serves as a porch. The Gothic style interior houses classified furniture: altars and altarpieces of the seventeenth century, priestly objects and several statues including a Notre-Dame-des-Oliviers.

Church of Notre-Dame du Mont

Church of Notre-Dame du Mont

Marseille, FR

The history of the Church of Notre Dame Du Mont began in the 16th century. But, at the same place, in the 6th century, a church dedicated to St Etienne had been built. It is therefore on this same site that the Church of Our Lady of the Mount of Rome was later built. It is known as the Church of the Seamen. Thus, sailors who survived a tragedy at sea, shipwrecks, would come to this place to gather. Construction began on April 14, 1823 and was completed in 1824. It was consecrated on February 29, 1824 by Bishop Fortuné de Mazenod.

Church of Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel

Church of Notre-Dame du Mont-Carmel

Carcassonne, FR

The construction of the convent and the church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel of Carcassonne was completed in 1297. The church of the Carmelites, in which held many states general of Languedoc, had a significant influence until the Revolution. Destroyed several times, desecrated and rebuilt, it is characteristic of the southern Gothic style. It is composed of a nave of 6 spans, a narrower pentagonal choir and chapels which seem of the 16th century

Church of Notre-Dame du Mont-Harou

Church of Notre-Dame du Mont-Harou

Moutiers-au-Perche, FR

Built halfway up the slope of Mount Harou, to which it owes part of its name, this Romanesque church built of roussard stone has a triple arched western portal. While the southern facade preserves a majestic Renaissance door, one can guess under the capital of one of the pilasters the traces of an ancient sundial.

Church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Firmin

Church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Firmin

Valcanville, FR

The Church of Notre-Dame and Saint-Firmin is located in Valcanville, Normandy. The surviving buildings were built by the Hospitallers of the Order of Malta, to whom this commandery was given by the Knights Templar. The church remained on their books until the Revolution. The building is peculiar in that is presents a choir that is larger and longer than the nave. Inside, there is a fifteenth century statue of the Virgin and Child.

Church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Remacle, Spa

Church of Notre-Dame et Saint-Remacle, Spa

Spa, BE

This large church in the centre of the town, next to the casino and the baths, only dates from 1885 but as it is in Rhenish Neo Romanesque style, it gives the impression of being much older. It is built with a unique Ardennes stone.

Church of Notre-Dame et Sainte-Agathe

Church of Notre-Dame et Sainte-Agathe

Quettreville-sur-Sienne, FR

The Church of Notre-Dame and Sainte-Agathe, registered with the Historical Monuments, is located in Quettreville-sur-Sienne, in Normandy. It was originally built in the fourteenth century, but the frame of the nave dates from the eighteenth century. The church is composed of a nave with four bays which is accessed by a small caquetoire. The choir is decorated with a beautiful bay in the flamboyant style. The windows of the choir are dedicated to the legend of St. Agatha, St. Anne and the seven sacraments.

Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon

Church of Notre-Dame of Dijon

Dijon, FR

A chapel was first built in the 12th century on the site of the current Notre-Dame church. After a Romanesque construction, the current Gothic church was built in the years 1220-1240. The church was notably restored in the 19th century by Jean-Charles Laisné (notably the tower of the transept crossing).

Church of Notre-Dame of the Assumption

Church of Notre-Dame of the Assumption

Èze, FR

This church was built to replace the previous one which fell into disrepair between 1764 and 1778 by the Italian architect Antoine Spinelli at the request of Duke Charles-Emmanuel III of Savoy. The neo-classical church has a rich interior decor, which the you can see as soon as you enter the baroque nave.

Church of Notre-Dame of the Assumption, Riquewihr

Church of Notre-Dame of the Assumption, Riquewihr

Riquewihr, FR

Mentioned in the church archives is the presence of a basilica dedicated to Notre-Dame on this site, destroyed in 1287. The new church has a remarkable interior decor, with medieval wall paintings, frescoes from the 14th century, and polychrome wooden statues from 1480. Inside, the exterior decor of the entire west tympanum hosts the only representation of Alsace from the Adoration of the Magi in sandstone, dating from the 14th century.

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