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The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l‐l‐Assumption of Cuisery, located in the department of Saône-et-Loire, is a Gothic building built between 1510 and 1520. It replaces an old chapel, known as the "iron chapel", founded in 1348 by Girard de Thurey, a chestnut captain, and served by six canons and a dean. This place of worship, marked by the looting of religious wars and the Revolution, underwent changes in the 17th and 19th centuries, including the addition of a sacristy and a chapel.

Classified as a historic monument since 9 August 1996, the church houses an organ of eight games, a replica of an Italian 16th century model, installed in the 1980s. This instrument, dismantled and reassembled by the organist Didier Chanon, was offered by a local resident. Today, the building belongs to the Diocese of Autun and remains an active Catholic place of worship, integrated into the parish of Saint-Jean-Baptiste-en-Bresse.

The church architecture reflects its turbulent history, with early Gothic elements and later additions. The early chapel, founded in the 14th century, bears witness to the medieval religious anchoring of Cuisery, while subsequent transformations illustrate liturgical and artistic developments. The 1996 classification underscores its heritage value, both for its furniture and its structure, preserved despite historical vicissitudes.

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