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The church Saint-Étienne de Gréolières is a Catholic building located in the department of Alpes-Maritimes, in the commune of Gréolières, in the hamlet of Hautes-Gréolières. Built probably in the second half of the 13th century, it is attributed to the Count of Provence Raimond-Béranger, who would have made it the parish church of Castro de Gravellis Superiobus. Its modest architecture includes a broken vaulted nave and a semicircular apse covered with a cul-de-four, with a lateral double bell tower.

The church was originally united with a canonicat of the cathedral of Vence and dedicated to St Stephen from the fourteenth century. She lost her parish function during the Revolution. Classified as a historical monument on 21 March 1983, it preserves traces of its original furniture, as a 15th century altarpiece today transferred to the church of Saint Peter of Gréolières. Another altarpiece, missing, decorated the high altar in the seventeenth century, representing Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Anthony.

In the middle of the aircraft, L-abside contrasts with the rest of the building. The old altar table was reused to cover a vault in the choir. Despite its simplicity, the church illustrates medieval Provencal religious architecture, marked by Comtal influences and integration into the mountain landscape dominated by the Cheiron. Its classification reflects its heritage value, both historical and artistic.

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