Chêne de la Vierge de Viroflay

Viroflay

Standing on the edge of the forest of Meudon, this oak became a place of pilgrimage from the 1850s, during the third cholera pandemic: according to local tradition, the epidemic ceased at Viroflay after the parish priest had organised prayers to the Virgin there. This Marian devotion lies directly behind the name of the church of Notre-Dame-du-Chêne at Viroflay, a modernist building constructed between 1960 and 1966, which perpetuates the memory of the consecrated oak.

Getting there : In the state forest of Meudon, free access by walking trails

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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