Visite église Saint-Médard

Thursday, July 10: PALIS - Visit to Saint-Médard church. At 10:30 a.m. guided tour About: "Attested since the 12th century, the church burned down by pillars in 1576. The only preserved chapel was restored and then enlarged in 1735. The church was finally rebuilt in the 19th century, retaining some elements from the 12th and 16th centuries. Built in chalk on these ancient foundations, it has an elongated plan, with a three-aisled nave and a porch tower. The church retains wrought iron choir and altar enclosures. There is also a 16th-century statuette, which represents a young man in a squire's costume, wearing a crowned chapel in the Carolingian style, which local tradition identifies as Saint Louis but which would more surely be Charlemagne. Among the remarkable works, we should also mention a gilded wooden reliquary in the form of a chapel containing the relics of Saint Lucide or Lucile. The glass heritage If the sources still attest in 1861 of the presence of some fragments of stained glass from the 16th century, the current stained glass windows date from the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century. Five of them are the work of Louis Hugot, a stained glass painter based in Troyes. He thus created Saint Médard blessing Clotaire, Saint George, Saint Louis, Saint Eloi and Our Lady of La Salette. The others are creations of the Lorraine glassmakers Janin and Benoit. Source: https://www.cite-vitrail.fr/721-50-sites-a-visiter-aube.html"

Last updated on 14/06/2025 - Office de Tourisme Othe Armance