Visite de l’église Notre-Dame-de-l’Assomption, Journées Européennes du Patrimoine

Saturday, September 20: AIX-EN-OTHE – THIS VISIT IS CANCELLED – Visit to the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, European Heritage Days. About: The sanctuary and the false transept were built between 1580 and 1620; the nave and the tower, between 1678 and 1680. The plan is classical, in the shape of a Latin cross, with a majestic choir and a nave with four bays. The entire church is built in medium limestone bond, on a hard stone base. The transept and the choir bear a decoration painted in 1870 by Andreazzi. The south chapel of the transept is that of the Rosary; the altarpiece of this chapel bears a canvas by the Troyes painter Jacques de Létin. Dated 1659, it shows the Virgin presenting the rosary to Saint Dominic.