Chapel Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Mont-Sabot

The Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens chapel of Mont-Sabot, listed as a Historical Monument, is located in Neuffontaines, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. First built in the 12th century on the hill of Mont Sabot, it was completely rebuilt in the 15th or 16th century. The arcades of a side chapel and one of the windows illustrate the local legend of the "Goat and the Wolf".

About this building

The Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens chapel of Mont-Sabot, listed as a Historical Monument, is located in Neuffontaines, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. The Chapel, built in the 12th century on the hill of Mount Sabot, is can be seen and recognised by its silhouette for several kilometers around. Completely remodeled and perhaps enlarged at the end of the 15th or the beginning of the 16th century, this former place of worship in Neuffontaines was a stop on the pilgrimage route between Vézelay and Compostela.

The chapel is partly Romanesque, incorporating the former church of the priory of Neuffontaines into its structure. The arches of a side chapel are carved with a goat and a wolf: they illustrate the local legend, according to which a goat, pursued by a wolf, took refuge in the church where, miraculously, the goat locked the wolf up before feeling. The remarkable windows of the chapel also recall the legend of the "Goat and the Wolf".

 

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