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The church of Notre-Dame de Lys, located in Chissey-lès-Mâcon (Saône-et-Loire), was built in the 1st quarter of the 12th century by Benedictine monks of Saint-Philibert Abbey of Tournus. This monument, characteristic of Burgundian Romanesque art, is part of the network of Clunisian and Tournusian foundations, reflecting the spiritual and architectural influence of these orders in the region. Its bell tower, styled as a building, and its apse with carved modillons illustrate the constructive techniques of the era.

Ranked a historic monument since 19 January 1938, the church preserves traces of eleven layers of murals, including a trinitarian symbol now gone, replaced by a Christ in majesty and the symbols of the evangelists. These pictorial strata, discovered in polls since 1991, reveal a complex liturgical and artistic history. The nave, separated from the right span by a broken arch, also houses a funerary liter with the coats of arms of a former lord of Lys, the Duke of Aumont Rochebaron, as well as shields engraved in the high altar by members of the Chantiers de la Jeunesse Français during the Second World War.

The church now belongs to the parish of Saint-Augustin in North-Clunisois, centered in Ameugny. Its movable and real estate heritage, marked by medieval and modern additions, makes it a privileged witness to the religious, social and artistic evolutions of southern Burgundy, between Cluny and Tournus. The presence of seigneurial coats of arms and insignia of the Youth Buildings underscores its local and national anchor, mixing noble memory and collective history.

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