Chapelle Notre-Dame de Layre

Ambert

According to the Abbé Grivel, a statue of Our Lady of the Seven Sorrows, hidden during the Wars of Religion, was carried off by a flood at the Layre mill in 1631: it is said to have floated without ever drifting away from the spot. When it was to be transferred to the church of Saint-Jean in Ambert, the bearers appointed for the task are said to have suddenly found themselves unable to move it, a sign interpreted as her wish to remain in place. A chapel was built on the spot as early as 1660. An account from local tradition, not historically verified.

Monde Légendaire, d'après l'abbé L. J. Grivel, Chroniques du Livradois ↗

Getting there : Rural chapel near Ambert, on the banks of the Dore, a few metres from the historic site of the Layre mill

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

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