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Église Saint-Étienne de Grange-le-Bocage dans l'Yonne

Yonne

Église Saint-Étienne de Grange-le-Bocage

    1 Rue des Tilleuls
    89260 Perceneige

Origin and history

Saint-Étienne de Grange-le-Bocage Church is a religious monument located in the municipality of Perceneige, Burgundy-Franche-Comté. Although its existence is attested, the available sources do not specify its period of construction or the architectural or historical details that could characterize it exhaustively. Rural churches such as Saint-Étienne de Grange-le-Bocage played a central role in the lives of local communities, serving as places of worship, gathering and identity marker.

In Burgundy-Franche-Comté, these buildings were often at the heart of villages, reflecting the importance of religion in the social and cultural organization of the populations throughout the centuries.