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The Saint-Jean-Baptiste church was built between 1826 and 1830, replacing the previous church which collapsed in 1818.
Inspired by the past, the 19th century chose to follow the main lines of Roman basilicas. A single nave flanked by aisles, separated from the nave by Tuscan columns, and small, high windows on the upper floor help recreate the fantastical feel of a Roman basilica.
While the exterior appears sober and simple in form, the interior invites a change of scenery.
Some of its furnishings are listed as historic monuments: a 16th-century polychromed and gilded limestone statue of Saint Nicolas, in the same technique, and two late 16th- or early 17th-century statues of Saint Syre and the Virgin and Child.
Two reliquary statuettes join this collection, one of Saint John the Baptist and the other of the Virgin and Child, both in oak and polychromed faux marble and dating from the 18th century.
The inventory study of Saint-Jean-Baptiste church is now complete! Built between 1826 and 1830, the church was financed by the parish's seven communes: Assenay, Lirey, Longeville (sur-Mogne), Maupas, Prunay (annexed to Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval in 1908), Saint-Jean-de-Bonneval and Villery.
Today, you can find out all about its construction history and a full description on the Inventaire database (https://inventaire-chalons.grandest.fr/gertrude-diffusion/dossier/eglise-paroissiale-saint-jean-baptiste/63a8ffdf-9962-4ff8-b92c-fed0a813ccdf).
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