Chapel Our Lady of the Good Help of Fontainebleau

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The Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours Chapel, also known as the Bonne-Dame Chapel, is a 19th-century Catholic religious building located in Fontainebleau, France. It pays tribute to a legend that, in the seventeenth century, a horseman's packaged mount would have stopped after he had invoked the Virgin Mary. By local and religious tradition, its location is a place of pilgrimage. The chapel has been listed as historical monuments since 1926.

Situation and access: The chapel is located at the north end of Boulevard Maréchal-Foch (departmental road 606), at the intersection of the road of Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours, at the edge of the forest of Fontainebleau, north of the city of Fontainebleau, and more broadly southwest of the Seine-et-Marne department. A levelling marker located near the gate 26 centimetres above ground indicates an altitude of 90,047 metres. Closed in normal times, access to the chapel is limited to ceremonies.

Legend and sacralization: The sacralization of the site is attributed to a commonly accepted legend. At the end of November 1661, the Sieur Dauberon (also spelled by Auberon),...