Discover a baroque chapel and its history
The Chapel of the Jesuits was established by Jean Rollin, between 1629 and 1640, thanks to gifts(donations) of chaumontaises families. In 1817, its facade was demolished(destroyed) and rebuilt in a classic style. The retable monumental of the chorus(choir), work of the Lorraine sculptor Claude Collignon, is the jewel of a rich interior design. The high altar is among the most important of kind(genre). There this one was included a high relief representing Assumption, executed by the sculptor Jean-Baptiste Bouchardon in 1712 for the high altar of the convent of Ursulines and dismantled in Revolution. Two columns of this retable were reused for the fountain Bouchardon.
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48 rue Victoire de la Marne, 52000 Chaumont, Haute-Marne, Grand Est, France