Église Saint-Étienne (Bar-le-Duc)

About

La collégiale Saint-Étienne de Bar-le-Duc is a former collégiale located in Bar-le-Duc in the Meuse department in Lorraine. The Collège Saint-Pierre was built from 1315 to 1630 in a flamboyant Gothic style with some characteristic Renaissance elements. At the end of the 18th century, it merged with the other collegiate of the city, Saint-Maxe of the castle of the Dukes of Bar, destroyed. After the Revolution, the college became the church of Saint-Étienne. The church houses two major works by Lorrain sculptor Ligier Richier: the Transi de René de Chalon and Christ on the cross between the two larrons. It also contains a statue of Notre-Dame du Guet, protector of the city, and a painting of the Crucifixion with the castle of the Dukes of Bar in the background. It was classified as historical monuments in 1889.

Geography: The Saint-Étienne church is located north of Place Saint-Pierre, in the Renaissance district of the Ville Haute in Bar-le-Duc.

Saint-Pierre College: In 1315, the Count of Bar Édouard I decided to found the collegiate Saint-Pierre in Ville Haute, in place of an old chapel of the thirteenth century.