St Martin de Laives - Romanesque Church + Panorama Traditional Cache
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St Martin de Laives - Romanesque Church + Panorama
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Discover the Romanesque Church of Saint Martin-de-Laives and enjoy the suberb views. Stunning panoramas West into Burgundy towards Chalon and Cluny and East towards the Jura mountains and the Alps.
Découvre l'église romane de Saint-Martin-de-Laives niché au nord des Monts du Mâconnais. Deux tables d’orientation donnent un panorama imprenable sur le Chalonnais, La Bresse, et le Jura et les Alpes.
Situated 15 km south of Chalon-sur-Saône, Saint Martin sits at the top of a hill forming the start of the "Monts du Mâconnais".
The church stands out attracting the attention of travellers along the main road (RN 6), the “Motorway of the Sun” (A6).
Nearly a thousand years old, floodlit every night since 1972, it is appropriately known as “the light of South Burgundy”. In the 4th century, the evangelist Saint Martin, or his followers, pulled down the pagan temple and built a church which, at a later stage, was dedicated to Saint Martin. In the 9th century, several names were attributed to this church: Sanctus Martinus in monte, Villa Montes, or Ecclesia Sancti Martini in monte or merely Mons (Mount).
The current Romanesque church dates from the 11th century (1050-1080?). At that time, similar churches abounded in South Burgundy.
Saint Martin de Laives is situated on the "Chemin des Moines", a track on the ridge of the hills which links the abbeys of La Ferté and Cluny. The Renaissance was a time when major transformations took place. Two chapels were built on the northern and southern sides, thus lengthening the original Romanesque transept.
The French Revolution turned the church of Saint Martin de Laives into a “Temple of Reason”.
In 1905, the edifice was classified as an Historical Monument. In spite of this, it remained derelict and was used mainly as a shelter by the shepherds.
In 1972, the Tourist Office of Sennecey-le-Grand became aware of the value of the church and in 1976 a society for the safeguard of the church was created.
Go to www.saintmartindelaives.com for more details in English.
N.B. the church is open from the beginning of June to the end of September at weekends and on national holidays
Français
Situer à 15 km au sud de Chalon-sur-Saône, cette ancienne église paroissiale presque millénaire, illuminée chaque soir, on l’appelle à juste titre le phare de la Bourgogne du Sud. Le monument apparaît dans sa solitude aux voyageurs de la N6, de l’autoroute du Soleil ou de la voie ferrée Paris/Lyon.
Saint Martin est situé sur le Chemin des Moines chemin de crête qui mène à Cluny.
La Révolution française transforme l’église en Temple de la Raison. Abandonné, le monument sert de refuge aux bergers malgré son classement par les Monuments Historiques en 1905. En 1972, le Syndicat d’Initiative de Sennecey le Grand prend conscience de la valeur du monument : une association est créée en 1976. Pour des plus amples informations www.saintmartindelaives.com visite le site.
N.B. L'église est ouverte au public entre le début juin et la fin septembre les weekends et les jours fériés.
Deutsche
Von der Autobahn A6 sichtbar liegt nördlich von Tournus in abgeschiedener Hügellage die Kirche Saint- Martin de Laives, die im 11. Jahrhundert errichtet wurde. Im 16 Jahrhundert wurde die von einem mächtigen viereckigen Turm dominierte Anlage grundlegend umgestaltet.
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