Chapelle Notre-Dame de Nize

Lunas, Hérault, France

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Designation: Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection: inscrit MH
Extent of protection: L'ensemble formé par la chapelle avec son clocher et le bâtiment de l'ermitage (cad. F 177) , en totalité, ainsi que l'aire de pèlerinage (cad. F 175, 176) et la source dite "fontaine des yeux" (cad. F 170) : inscription par arrêté du 28 mai 2001
Protection dates: 2001/05/28 : inscrit MH
Type: chapelle, ermitage, fontaine de dévotion
Main period of construction: Moyen Age, 19e siècle
Ownership: propriété de la commune, propriété d'une association diocésaine
Commune: Lunas
Département: Hérault
Region: Occitanie
Country: France
Coordinates: 43.71023, 3.22412
Mérimée reference: PA34000028

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Historique

Ancien sanctuaire d'origine pré-romane associé à un ancien culte local perpétué par un pèlerinage à la Vierge. Le clocher possède des chapiteaux de style roman primitif.

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History

Former sanctuary of pre-Romanesque origin associated with an ancient local cult perpetuated by a pilgrimage to the Virgin. The bell tower possesses capitals of primitive Romanesque style.

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