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Origin and history

The Saint-Sébastien church of Berzé-le-Châtel was built in 1739 to replace a 16th-century chapel, which had become obsolete and demolished. This former chapel, located at the current location of the town hall-school, served as a parish church before being abandoned. The current building, oriented north-south in contrast to the liturgical tradition, adopts a Latin cross plan with a unique nave and two side chapels.

The interior of the church is distinguished by its cradled vault in the nave, reinforced by double arches, and a arched vault in the transept and choir. The lateral chapels are dedicated, east to Christ and west to the Virgin Mary. The furniture includes an 18th-century Baroque wooden master altar and a canvas by Adelaide Salles-Wagner, Elijah in the desert (1861), representing a biblical scene.

The stained glass windows, made at the end of the 19th century by the workshop J. Besnard of Chalon, adorn the building, with the exception of the oculus representing Saint John in Patmos, the only unsigned stained glass window. The church, still dedicated to Catholic worship, depends on the parish of Saint Vincent in Val-Lamartinien, attached to the diocese of Autun. It illustrates the region's rural religious architecture, combining structural simplicity and baroque elements.

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