DOOR SAINT JEAN

  1. DOOR SAINT JEAN
Résumé: (listed as a historic monument) This gate bears the symbolic name of the first parish. Bored into the ramparts, it was the main entrance to [...]
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(listed as a historic monument)
This gate bears the symbolic name of the first parish. Bored into the ramparts, it was the main entrance to the village in the Middle Ages.


And conversely, it was the most direct way to access the water from the Fontaine Saint Jean and to attend mass at the chapelle Saint-Jean. The gate was originally fitted with a portcullis, and we can still admire the two sturdy casements ordered in 1561 by the Municipality. They are adorned with old nails, some of which still bear 13th-century initials.

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