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Église

Megève, Haute-Savoie, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. F 421) : inscription par arrêté du 11 octobre 1988
Protection dates
1988/10/11 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 19e siècle
Later work
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Architect or builder
MUCENGO (peintre)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Megève
Département
Haute-Savoie
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.85653, 6.61840
Mérimée reference
PA00118407

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1799 map "Piedmont, Savoy, Milan, Genoa." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le choeur, partie la plus ancienne, remonte au début du 16e siècle. La nef a été édifiée entre 1687 et 1692. L'avant-corps ouest a été refait en 1872. Un premier décor peint a été confié en 1827 à l'Italien Mucengo dont l'oeuvre, endommagée par l'humidité, fut restaurée en 1859 par le peintre Ferraris. Le décor de la nef et des collatéraux est essentiellement plafonnant : chaque quartier de voûte est occupé par une série : la nef est consacrée à la vie de Saint-Jean-Baptiste, le collatéral nord à la vie du Christ, et le sud à la Vierge. Il est rare en Savoie de trouver la nef consacrée à la vie d'un saint. Le choeur a perdu son décor peint consacré aux quatre Evangélistes.

English translation

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The choir, the oldest part, dates back to the early 16th century. The nave was built between 1687 and 1692. The west front was remade in 1872. An initial painted decoration was entrusted in 1827 to the Italian Mucengo whose work, damaged by damp, was restored in 1859 by the painter Ferraris. The decoration of the nave and the side aisles is essentially ceiling work: each vault section is occupied by a series: the nave is devoted to the life of Saint John the Baptist, the north aisle to the life of Christ, and the south to the Virgin. It is rare in Savoy to find the nave devoted to the life of a saint. The choir has lost its painted decoration devoted to the four Evangelists.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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