Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Gardette ou Saint-Georges
Saint-Paul, Alpes-Maritimes, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- La chapelle (cad. A 359) : inscription par arrêté du 10 juin 1993
- Protection dates
- 1993/06/10 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 17e siècle
- Later work
- 1ère moitié 20e siècle
- Dates
- 1673, 1925
- Architect or builder
- LARCHER Marthe (peintre), LAPORTE Germaine (peintre)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- chemin de Passe-Prest
- Commune
- Saint-Paul
- Département
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.70015, 7.11914
- Mérimée reference
- PA00125707
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
University Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1646 map "Principatus Pedemontii, Ducatus Augustæ Prætoriæ, Salutii Marchionatus, Astæ, Vercellarum Et Niceæ Comitatus Nova Tabula" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Succédant à un édifice attesté au 15e siècle, la chapelle date du 17e siècle. Le décor architectural en stuc du 17e siècle et le maître autel du 18e siècle sont en place. Un ensemble de peintures murales, retraçant la vie du Christ, est réalisé par deux peintres locaux, Marthe Larcher et Germaine Laporte, entre 1925 et 1930.
English translation
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History
Succeeding an edifice attested in the 15th century, the chapel dates from the 17th century. The architectural stucco decoration of the 17th century and the high altar of the 18th century are in place. A series of mural paintings, retracing the life of Christ, was executed by two local painters, Marthe Larcher and Germaine Laporte, between 1925 and 1930.
Nearby in the register
- Porte de la villeporte de villeunder 1 mi
- Église de la Conversion-de-Saint-Paulégliseunder 1 mi
- Tour du 12sédifice fortifiéunder 1 mi
- Fontaine publiquefontaineunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.