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The church Notre-Dame de La Chapelle-sous-Brancion is a Romanesque building located in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, in the department of Saône-et-Loire. Built in the 12th century, it illustrates medieval religious architecture with its semicircular apse adorned with archatures and its bell tower pierced with geminied bays. Part of the nave was rebuilt in 1893 according to the plans of the architect Blanc de Tournus, while preserving the Romanesque bases.

The church houses a canvas of Henri Dejussieu, The Denier of Caesar (1859), as well as a 16th century stone statue depicting the Virgin of the Assumption, classified as a historical monument in 1982. This statue, damaged during the Revolution, was placed in an outer niche by the parish priest of the time. The building, still dedicated to Catholic worship, falls under the Diocese of Autun and the parish of Saint-Philibert-en-Tournugeois.

Partially classified as historical monuments since 1948, the church integrated in 2020 the network of Romanesque Paths in Mâconnais South Burgundy, benefiting from a specific signage. Its bedside, covered with lauzes, and its committed columns testify to its heritage importance, despite the degradations suffered over the centuries.

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