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Saint-Julien-Saint-Jean-Bosco Church of Langlade dans le Gard

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Saint-Julien-Saint-Jean-Bosco Church of Langlade

    465 Chemin du Moulin À Vent
    30980 Langlade

Origin and history

The church Saint-Julien-Saint-Jean-Bosco de Langlade is a religious monument located in the municipality of Langlade, in the Occitanie region. The available data do not specify its construction period or the architectural or historical details associated with it. Its composite name suggests a double dedication, combining a local or historical saint (Saint Julien) and a more recent figure of Catholic spirituality (Saint John Bosco, founder of the Salesians in the 19th century).

In the Occitan context, village churches like Langlade traditionally played a central role in community life. They served as places of worship, but also as a gathering point for local festivals, marriages or collective decisions. The lack of accurate information about this monument sometimes reflects the lack of written sources for rural buildings, whose history is more transmitted by oral tradition or the limited access to parish archives.