Chapelle Saint-Sébastien de Lanslevillard

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The chapel Saint-Sébastien is a 15th-century Catholic building situated in the territory of the French commune of Lanslevillard, in the department of Savoie, in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region. The chapel, famous for its late 15th century murals, is classified as historical monuments.

Location: The chapel Saint-Sébastien is located just above the village of Lanslevillard at an altitude of 1,490 m, in Haute-Maurienne, in the French department of Savoie.

History: The chapel was probably built in 1446, as indicated by a stone. The inscription 1518 painted on one of the caissons of the ceiling would be the year of restoration of the paintings.

Description: The chapel consists of two series of murals: on the one hand, the scenes of Christ's life, a series of thirty-six panels spread over two registers and on the other hand, the life of Saint Sebastian, in seventeen panels on three registers. Each panel has a Latin legend. A protector against plague, Saint-Sebastien is frequently invoked in the Alps. According to oral tradition, this cycle of painting was ordered by a survivor of an epidemic...