Essert chapel

Name: Essert chapel
Address: Route de Pré-la-Joux, Châtel, 74390
Telephone: 04 50 73 23 98

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Châtel

The chapel is dedicated to Saint-François-de-Sales et Sainte-Jeanne-de-Chantal. It was built in 1784, to commemorate a rockslide that fortunately made no casualties. The chapel is built on a huge stone (520 m3 / 680 cu yd).

Ouverture

All year round, daily.

Localisation

Route de Pré-la-Joux 74390 Châtel Afficher la carte

Langues parlées

French

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