Notre Dame de l’Auder, Priory Chapel

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The 11th century chapel on the top of the peninsula, built of schist, is a very pure and harmonious example of Romanesque art.
The polychrome wooden statue of Our Lady of the Oder in the chapel dates from the 17th century.

Built in the second half of the 11th century, it was served by the Benedictine monks of the priory until the Wars of Religion. After these wars, it remained practically abandoned until the middle of the 17th century. At that time, it underwent major repairs. The statue of the Virgin Mary, obviously in the Louis XV style, seems to date from this period of repair. From 1802, the church, which had survived the Revolution without much damage, found its Virgin, who had been hidden in a nearby farm.
On the path leading to the church there is a remarkable Oder tree which, according to legend, was brought back from the Holy Land by a crusader.

Spoken languages : French

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