Chapelle Notre-Dame d'Alet

Montaigut-sur-Save

According to tradition, the devotion goes back to an apparition of the Virgin in the 12th century to a ploughman named Raymond, who is said to have given his name to the place. A first chapel, visited by Saint Dominic in 1213, was destroyed during the Wars of Religion and rebuilt in 1673; it preserves 17th-century Baroque altarpieces and is today listed as a monument historique. While the antiquity of the pilgrimage is well documented, the details of the founding apparition, handed down orally, lie beyond any direct historical verification.

Encyclopédie Mariale (Marie de Nazareth) ↗

Getting there : Access by car from Montaigut-sur-Save; the chapel is listed as a monument historique and open to visitors.

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

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