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Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Etang

Velars-sur-Ouche, Côte-d'Or, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle, y compris la statue monumentale de la Vierge à l'Enfant (cad. H 25) : inscription par arrêté du 22 janvier 1996
Protection dates
1996/01/22 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1896
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Velars-sur-Ouche
Département
Côte-d'Or
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
47.30360, 4.90067
Mérimée reference
PA21000007

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1742 map "Bourgogne septentrionale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Pélerinage connu dès 1371. Découverte d'une statue miraculeuse de la Vierge dans le sol en 1435 : érection d'une chapelle. En 1791, statue transférée à Velars. Reprise du pélerinage en 1872 et construction d'une nouvelle chapelle en 1896, peut-être sur les plans de l'architecte Mairet, en intégrant le choeur de l'ancienne chapelle. Coupole surmontée d'une statue colossale de la Vierge à l'Enfant, provenant des fonderies de Tusey (dans la Meuse).

English translation

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Pilgrimage known from 1371. Discovery of a miraculous statue of the Virgin in the soil in 1435: erection of a chapel. In 1791, statue transferred to Velars. Resumption of the pilgrimage in 1872 and construction of a new chapel in 1896, perhaps on the plans of the architect Mairet, incorporating the choir of the former chapel. Dome surmounted by a colossal statue of the Virgin and Child, from the foundries of Tusey (in the Meuse).

Nearby in the register

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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