Chapel of Notre-Dame de la Mûre
Everything leads us to believe that this chapel, whose origin is mysterious, was built in recognition of some extraordinary grace obtained through the intercession of Notre-Dame-du-Puy... The tradition tells that two travellers in danger on the Rhone had recourse to Notre-Dame-du-Puy... And vowed to have a chapel built on the spot where their boat would land... The vow was fulfilled, and the shipwrecked of the Virgin placed a black statue similar to that of Le Puy (hence the name Notre-Dame de la Mûre or Notre-Dame Noire).
The chapel was mentioned for the first time in the 10th century, then was destroyed in the 16th century during the Wars of Religion and remained in ruins for a long time afterwards. It was rebuilt after 1701, then ruined again during the Revolution... and finally sold as a national asset in 1793. Only the walls remained. Then it was sold in 1810 and covered again, without closing however... In 1854, repairs were made and it was returned to the cult. It was then renovated and enlarged until 1865, with the vault, the apse and the sacristy.
About this building
Church with an elongated plan, a single vessel and a sober, bare external architecture. A gabled roof covers the entire length of the nave. An oculus decorates the entrance façade, while a bell-tower completes the gable wall of the same façade. The church houses a black Virgin, comparable to the one in Le Puy, which pilgrims would have brought back with them when they came here.
