Peillon : Chapel of white penitents or Notre-Dame-des-sept-Douleurs chapel
Alpes-MaritimesReference
PA00080814
Latitude
43.7788889
Longitude
7.38130556
Address
5253 Saint-Roch 06440 Peillon
Construction era
4e quart 15e siècle
Protection date
2000/03/27 : classé MH
Protection cause
Chapelle (cad. A 463) : classement par arrêté du 27 mars 2000
Description
It is a modest chapel built in the last quarter of the 15th century, which underwent major modifications in the 16th and 17th centuries, especially in the nave and the sacristy. Originally, the nave was probably with a frame, but it is now decorated with a glasses cradle. The choir, which is covered with a semicircular cradle vault, had been decorated in 1490 by a set of wall paintings with detremp. This decor, which has been unchanged later, is awarded to Giovanni Canavesio, an active Piedmontese painter in the southern Alps at the end of the 15th century. The main subject of paintings is the passion of Christ, also with some images of saints.
