Chapelle Saint-Jean de Soulaines-Dhuys

About

The Saint John Chapel is a chapel located in Soulaines-Dhuys, France. It is one of the wooded churches of the Der Land.

Description: Built on a rectangular plan in wooden strips, it has an awning and a bell tower in wood scales with eight panels. It is the smallest wooden-paned monument in the Dawn. Particular architecture:

The wooden bar openings had been installed so that the sick (leprosy) could attend Mass and receive the host. The porch in trilobed arch to imitate the Gothic style. We notice the signature of the carpenters on each of the beams. The bell dates back to 1543.

Furniture: An antependium on painted wood, the other paintings having been moved to the church, a Christ of pity in painted limestone.

Location: The chapel is located in the commune of Soulaines-Dhuys, in the French department of Aube.

History: This wooden chapel built from 1484 to 1504 is a sustenance of the hospital founded before 1407. Formerly called chapel of the Maladière. Two times restored by the Fine Arts in 1928 and 1931. The building is classified as...