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Chapelle Notre-Dame de Vaudouan
Briantes
Dimensions
around 210 m above sea level (Boischaut Sud, south of La Châtre)
Period
11th century (legendary origin); the present building rebuilt in 1866 by the architect Alfred Dauvergne
What stands there
2 returns of the statue to the spring reported by tradition
Local tradition, not dated with certainty by independent historical sources, has it that a shepherdess discovered in a spring a wooden statue of the Virgin and Child holding a dove; taken back to the village church, it is said to have returned twice to the spring, a sign interpreted as the Virgin's wish to be venerated in this place. The chapel, destroyed at the Revolution and rebuilt in 1866, remains a place of local pilgrimage around the spring.
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Getting there : Rural chapel, free admission, set apart from the village of Briantes, a few kilometres south of La Châtre
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
- Basilique Saint-Étienne de Neuvy-Saint-SépulchreChurch · Neuvy-Saint-Sépulchre · 13 km
- Église Saint-Laurent-et-Notre-Dame de Gargilesse et sa crypte peinteChurch · Gargilesse-Dampierre · 27 km
- Château de BoussacLegendary castle · Boussac · 29 km
- Forteresse médiévale de CrozantLegendary castle · Crozant · 30 km
- Château de CulanLegendary castle · Culan · 31 km
- Pierres JaumâtresSacred hill · Toulx-Sainte-Croix · 33 km
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