REMIREMONT
LA CHAPELLE LA MADELEINE
Description
Built in the 13th and 14th centuries using materials salvaged from an earlier chapel that was part of a former "maladrerie". It is the only remaining vestige of the buildings that served as a leprosarium during the second leprosy epidemic in Lorraine. (Only the exterior is visible, as the chapel only opens once a year during the bun festival).
The patron saint of this leprosarium was Sainte Magdelaine, Madeleine or Madelaine. She personified isolation and is also the purifying and beneficent patron saint of lepers.
Listed as a Historic Monument in 1991 (chapel and surrounding area)
Located 1.8km from the town centre (follow the Faubourg d'Alsace).
Additional informations
Type of amenities : Historic monument or place to visit
Conditions of visit : Visit on your own at all times, Tour of exterior only
Category of tourist venue - historic building : Listed historic monument (MH)
Subject of tourist venue - historic building : Religious architecture
Groups welcome : YES
Free : YES
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