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The church Saint-Thiébaud de Sainte-Anne, located in the Doubs department in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, was built at the end of the 18th century, when the village was moved after the destruction of the castral village by the French. This new location, along departmental 229 towards Crouzet-Migette, marked a collective reconstruction after a violent episode. The building, typical of franco-comtoise religious architecture, incorporates a bell tower topped by an imperial dome, characteristic of the churches of the Counter-Reform.

By 1781 the church underwent a first restoration with the addition of a sacristy, testifying to its importance to the local community. His furniture, including an 18th-century carved and painted wooden choir (master altar, altarpiece, tabernacle), was classified as a historical monument in 1979. The building and its adjacent cemetery wall were listed in 2006 despite a prolonged closure from 1970 due to its disrepair.

The reopening of the church to the public in May 2019 resulted from a joint mobilisation of the town hall, local associations and the DRAC (Regional Directorate of Cultural Affairs). This restoration project saved an emblematic heritage, linked to the parish of Levier and the diocese of Besançon. The interior architecture, with its three-span nave and vaulted choir, illustrates the aesthetic and spiritual principles of the time.

Today, the Church of St. Thiébaud embodies both a place of worship and a historical testimony of the upheavals in the region at the end of the Old Regime. Its dedicated cemetery, lined with a wall, and its location on an ancient road axis underline its anchoring in the landscape and collective memory.

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