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From north to south
Dunkirk:
- In the Musée d’Art Contemporain de Dunkerque there are 15 paintings by the Catholic Polish painter Jacek Andrzej Rossakiewicz (1956) entitled the Passion of Dunkirk.
St-Omer:
- Cathedral with several unique art works, like a medieval floor with many scenes, windows and a painting by Rubens.
Bourbourg:
- St. Jean Baptiste church restored with sculptures by Jewish English sculptor Anthony Caro, which were commissioned in 1999 and completed in 2008. Caro designed a full-immersion font, in the form of an imposing womb-like spiral of gleaming white concrete, a series of nine sculptures, collectively known as The Creation, which stand in the niches behind the font, an altar, crucifix and some other sculptures.
Hem:
- Chapelle Sainte-Thérèse-de-l'Enfant-Jésus et de la Sainte-Face. Chapel built in 1956-58. With mosaics and windows by Alfred Manessier, sculptures by Eugène Dodeigne and Jean Roulland, and a tapestry of the Sainte-Face based on a painting by Georges Rouault. A fine example of art sacré after WW II.
Lille:
- In het Centre d’Art Sacré Contemporain, Place Gilleson (in the modern crypt of the cathedral Notre-Dame de la Treille), the 130 works of the collection of Gilbert Delaine called La Passion de Dunkerque are exhibited in alternating exhibitions. Works of e.g. Sergio Ferro, Ladislas Kijno, Jean Roulland and Andy Warhol. See the website for a list of all of the artists.
- The Musée des Beaux-Arts is one of France’s most important museums.
Abbeville:
- In Saint Sepulchre church stained glass window by Manessier.
Amiens:
- Cathedral
Le Cateau-Cambrésis:
- Matisse Museum in the little town where Matisse was born. With around 100 works by Matisse.
Bohain-en-Vermandois:
- House where Matisse grew up. The old grain business of his father can be visited. www.bohainenvermandois.fr
Aubenton:
- In the church a window by Charles Eyck.
Jeantes la Ville:
- Romanesque church with frescoes and stained glass windows by the 20th-century Dutch Catholic artist Charles Eyck, made in 1962. Also a Romanesque baptismal font.
Bancigny:
- In the church a Romanesque baptismal font.
Lemé:
- Church museum about the history of the Reformation and its impact on the region. Open Saturday and Sunday 2.30-6 p.m. from July to the third week of September.
Noyon:
- John Calvin Museum (Musée Jean Calvin), Place Aristide Briand, Noyon. This is a modern museum dedicated to the French reformer, located on the site of his birth house in Noyon. The museum's collections include Reformation-era propaganda posters, works of Calvin, and paintings.
- The cathedral is one of the earliest Gothic churches.
Laon:
- Beautiful old town centre with many medieval buildings, among which the Gothic cathedral and the Romanesque Chapelle des Templiers.
Soissons:
- In the cathedral is a painting by Rubens (Adoration of the Shepherds)
- Abby of Saint-Jean des Vignes.
Beauvais:
- Gothic cathedral. The cathedral's chief artistic treasures are stained glass windows of the 13th, 14th and 16th centuries.
Reims:
- Cathedral with windows by Chagall (1974).
- The Basilique St.-Rémi is the oldest church of Reims and the largest Romanesque church in the north of France.
- Musée des Beaux-Arts with works from the Renaissance to the 20th century. Especially the Renaissance is well represented with a collection of works by Lucas Cranach the Elder and the Younger.
Metz:
- In the Cathédrale St. Etienne the famous window series by Chagall and stained glass windows by cubist Jacques Villon.
- Diocesal museum, 13, Rue Marchant, Metz.
Vic-sur-Seille:
- Musée Georges de La Tour, Place Jeanne d'Arc, Vic-sur-Seille. The museum takes its name from the 17th-century painter Georges de La Tour, who was born in 1593 in Vic-sur-Seille. The collection consists of around 100 paintings from the 17th to 19th century.
Varengeville sur Mer (High Normandy):
- In the church is a Tree of Jesse window by Braque (1960) and a painting by contemporary catholic French artist Michel Ciry.
- Musée Michel Ciry, 6 bis rue Marguerite Rolle, Varengeville sur Mer. www.museemichelciry.com
Rouen:
- Eglise Jeanne d’Arc, consecrated in 1979, modern church by architect Louis Arretche (1905-1991).
- Large gothic cathedral (Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Rouen).
Bayeux:
- Bayeux is a major tourist attraction, best known to British and French visitors for the Bayeux tapestry, made to commemorate the Norman conquest of England in 1066. The tapestry is believed to have been woven in England. It is displayed in a museum in the town centre.
- The large Norman-Romanesque cathedral (1077) was the original home of the tapestry.
Caen:
- in the Monastery of the Benedictines at Couvrechef-La Folie windows by Sergio de Castro. http://www.sergiodecastro.org
Giverny:
- This is where Claude Monet lived from 1883 till his death in 1926. Here he made many paintings of his garden, the lilies in the pond and the Japanese bridge. The house and garden can be visited.
Coutances (Normandy):
- Coutances Cathedral is a Gothic Catholic cathedral. It is a classic example of the Gothic style of Normandy in its use of long straight vertical lines.
Enghien-les-Bains:
- In the Temple d’Enghien-les-Bains exhibitions take place.
Saint-Germain-en-Laye:
- Musée départemental Maurice Denis, 2 bis, rue Maurice Denis, Saint-Germain-en-Laye with works by Maurice Denis, the Symbolists, the Nabis and other artists who influenced the history of modern art like Gauguin, Sérusier, Filiger, Vallotton, Bonnard, Vuillard, Verkade, Ranson, Lacombe, Redon, Mucha, Anquetin. www.musee-mauricedenis.fr
Paris
- The Louvre, with art from Antiquity and of the Middle Ages - the 19th century. www.louvre.fr
- The Orangerie with late 19th and early 20th-century French art, with as highlight two large rooms with huge waterlily paintings by Monet. www.musee-orangerie.fr
- Centre Pompidou has works of the 20th century. Permanent exposition of works by Georges Rouault in MNAM, Centre Pompidou.
- Musée d'Orsay, famous for its collection of impressionistic works. www.musee-orsay.fr
- Musée National du Moyen Age. The National Museum of the Middle Ages is housed in two exceptional Parisian monuments: the Gallo-Roman thermes (1st-3rd centuries) and the Cluny Abbey hotel (late 15th century). It was founded in 1843 with the collections of an art amateur fascinated by the Middle Ages. Fifteen centuries of European art and history in one location. www.musee-moyenage.fr
- Musée Rodin, 77 Rue de Varenne. www.musee-rodin.fr
- Musée Delacroix, 6 Rue de Furstenberg. www.musee-delacroix.fr
- Musée d'art et d'histoire du Judaisme, Hôtel de Saint-Aignan, 71 Rue du Temple. www.mahj.org
- Musée Bible & Terre Sainte, 21 rue d'Assas. Its rich collection consist of objects that illustrate daily life in Palestine through the ages. http://www.icp.fr/fr/Culture/Musee-Bible-Terre-Sainte
- St Séverin. In the gothic Église Saint-Séverin a permanent exposition of works of the Miserere series by Rouault in the Chapelle Mansart/ du Saint-Sacrament. In the church windows by Bazaine.
- St. Sulpice,17th-century church. Inside, the main attractions of St-Sulpice are the Delacroix paintings in the Chapelle des Anges (Chapel of the Angels), the first on your right as you enter.
- St. Gervais. Gothic church with windows by Sylvie Gaudin and Claude Courageux. Three times a day services are being held with the monastic communities of Jerusalem.
- Notre-Dame-d’Espérance, Paris 11e, architect Bruno Legrand, 1997. With a cross (Cross of Hope) by Nicolas Alquin from 2003. Also windows and some other sculptures of interest. Also expositions. - Notre-Dam-de-l’Arche-d’Alliance, Paris 15e, Architecture Studio Martin Robain, 1998.- Chapelle de l’Agneau-de-Dieu, Paris 12e, architects Christian Schwinn and Stanislas Fiszer, 1998.- Saint-Luc, Paris 19e, architect Pierre-Henri Montel/BSST, 1998.- Notre-Dame-de-la-Sagesse, Paris 13e, architect Pierre-Louis Faloci, 1999.- Notre-Dame-de-Pentecôte, La Défense, architect Franck Hammoutène, 2000. In the midst of the new La Défense business area with a number of contemporary artworks inside. Worth the trip! Saint-François-de-Molitor, Paris 16e, architecta Jean-Marie Duthilleul and Corinne Callies, 2005.
- Galerie Bansard, 26 Avenue de la Bourdonnais. Expositions of work by Catholic artists.
- Galerie Saint-Séverin, 4 rue des Prêtres-Saint-Séverin - Paris 5e, started in 1990 by the diocesal organisation Art, Culture et Foi, Paris to stimulate the dialogue between contemporary art and Christian spirituality. Artists whose work has been shown: Jean-Michel Alberola, Marc Couturier, Gerhardt Richter, Emmanuel Saulnier, Pierre Buraglio and many others.
- Exhibitions in the Église lutherienne des Billettes.
- Expositions in Collège des Bernardins, 20 rue de Poissy, Paris. www.collegedesbernardins.fr
- Église Notre Dame de la Croix has expositions.
Vincennes:
- In the Eglise réformeé de Vincennes exhibitions take place.
Évry:
- Resurrection cathedral, opened in 1995, by the Swiss architect Mario Botta. With old and new sculptures (e.g. by Gérard Garouste), stations of the cross, windows by Kim En Joong etc. Only newly built cathedral in the 20th century in France.
- Expositions at l’Agence Nationale pour les Arts Sacrés. http://anas-evry.org
Chartres:
- Cathedral. Some recent windows by Kim En Joong.
- Musée du Vitrail – 5, rue du Cardinal Pie. Museum about glass art (stained-glass windows). http://www.centre-vitrail.org/en/
Varennes-Jarcy:
- In the church Saint-Sulpice windows by contemporary French artist Carole Benzaken with beautiful flower motifs. Also a cross and altar by Nicolas Alquin.
Sarrebourg:
- Chapelle des Cordeliers in the centre of the city. Former Franciscan church, presently a museum which displays since 1976 in the western 'opening' a stained glass titled La paix (Peace) by Marc Chagall. The glass is 12 m high and 7.50 m wide.
Strasbourg:
- Cathédrale Notre-Dame. Gothic cathedral famous for its gothic sculptures.
- Musée de l’oeuvre de Notre-Dame: with works that come out of the cathedral and its surrounding regions from the medieval and renaissance periods (sculptures, windows, paintings by Hans Baldung Grien and Conrad Witz).
- Museum of church conservation of the cathedral, Boulevard de la Victoire 5, Strasbourg.
Saint-Dié-des-Vosges:
- The Eglise Réformée has windows designed by Annie Vallotton and a painting by Henri Lindegaard.
Colmar:
- Unterlinden Museum with the Isenheim Altar by Matthias Grünewald
Ronchamp:
- Le Corbusier’s church from 1955.
Audincourt:
- Church of Sacré-Coeur, built in 1949-1051 under influence of the Art Sacré movement. Architect: Novarina. With remarkable windows and altar painting by Léger and façade mosaic and baptistery by Bazaine.
St. Thégonnec (Bretagne):
- Church and walled in graveyard, typical for Bretagne, with graves with sculptures.
Lampaul-Guimillau (Bretagne):
- Church and walled in graveyard, typical for Bretagne, with graves with sculptures.
Angers (Western France):
- Angers Cathedral (Cathédrale Saint-Maurice d'Angers) is a Romanesque and Gothic cathedral in the city of Angers, in the Loire country of western France. The west portal contains 12th-century sculptures and interior is illuminated with stained glass windows from the 12th through 16th centuries. The interior walls of Angers Cathedral are decorated with beautiful tapestries, which form one of the most famous and precious collections in Europe. Most of them were woven in 1376-81 for the cathedral. The illustrations were drawn by Jean Bondol based on an illuminated manuscript and the weaving was overseen by Nicolas Bataille. Some of the tapestries (including the largest, the Angers Apocalypse) are now displayed in Angers Castle, but 11 of the medieval tapestries still hang on the cathedral walls.
- The Musée Jean-Lurçat et de la tapisserie contemporaine, Jean Lurcat Museum for contemporary tapestry. In the medieval hospital of Saint John. The main work here is the extensive series of the Chant du monde by Jean Lurçat.
Blois :
- Diocesal Museum of Religious Art, in the old convent, 2 rue Anne de Bretagne.
Vézelay:
- Basilica of St. Mary Magdalene and St. Peter, both Romanesque.
Saulieu:
- St. Andoche (Romanesque).
- Museum Pompon.
Fontenay:
- Cistercian Abbey (Romanesque).
Vausse:
- Cistercian Priory (Romanesque).
Pontigny:
- Cistercian church (Romanesque).
Ste. Magnance:
- church with Romanesque sarcophagus.
Auxerre:
- abbey and crypt (Romanesque) of St. Étienne cathedral.
Dijon:
- Museum of Sacred Art Dijon – Located in the church of the Monastery of the Bernardines the museum presents sculptures, paintings and textiles from the 12th to the 20th century. Works by artists Jean Dubois (sculptor), Corneille (painter), Armand Calliat (goldsmith), Poussielgue-Rusand (goldsmith).
Les Bréseux:
- Stained glass windows by Alfred Manessier for the church of Sainte-Agathe des Bréseux (1948). These were the first non-figurative designs to be incorporated in an ancient building. Father Couturier himself signed for the window celebrating St Theresa.
Talant:
- In the Gothic church the Notre-Dame of Talant there are 46 windows by Gérard Garouste. The windows are examples of contemporary Catholic iconography.
Nevers:
- In the cathedral windows made in 1992-2001 by Jean-Michel Alberola, Claude Viallat and Raoul Ubac.
Moulins :
- Musée de la Visitation, 4, place de l’Ancien Palais. About the order of the Visitationists. www.musee-visitation.eu
Beaune:
- 15th-century hospital with the Last Judgment by Rogier van der Weyden.
Autun:
- Cathedral of St. Lazarus. Romanesque. With The Last Judgment by Gislebertus (12th century) and also capitals by him, among which 3 capitals about the Magi plus one about the flight to Egypt.
- Musée Rolin. Musée Rolin in Autun displays a variety of interesting religious artworks, both ancient Roman and medieval. It is located next to the cathedral in a Renaissance hotel built by Nicholas Rolin, chancellor of Philippe le Bon. The collections of the Musée Rolin include several interesting Gallo-Roman artifacts, but the star attraction is a carving rescued from the north door of Autun Cathedral known as the Temptation of Eve. Carved by the sculptor Gislebertus at the same time as his magnificent tympanum, it is a huge work and a notably sensuous depiction of Eve. Also notable is the brilliantly colored Nativity painting by the Maître de Moulins and a lovely painted sculpture of the Virgin of Autun.
Paray le Monial:
- Eucharistic Museum of Hieron, 13 rue de la Paix, Paray le Monial. http://www.musee-hieron.fr
- Expositions at Centre Artistique Magnificat, Cloître de l’abbaye de Paray-le-Monial - Communauté de l’Emmanuel.
Thonon-les-Bains:
- In the Basilique Saint François de Sales murals and stations of the cross by Maurice Denis.
Abondance:
- Abbey of Abondance with a small museum with liturgical objects and some paintings, and a cloister with 15th-century frescoes.
- The Gothic abbey church with a Neo-gothic interior.
Melle (in Poitou in the West of France):
- Medieval town with three Romanesque churches, of which the St-Hilaire has a place on the Unesco world heritage list with a magnificent portal with a man on horse who tramples on a dwarf (meaning unclear).
Monsireigne:
- Musée de la France Protestante de l'Ouest, Le Bois Tiffrais, Monsireigne, Chantonnay. About Protestant history. Books, manuscripts, objects.
Curzay-sur-Vonne:
- Museum of Stained Glass. Founded in 1988, the museum offers a technical and historical
guide to the production and design of stained glass. Every visit is accompanied and explained by a professional and informative guide – a person, not a book! The museum traces the
development of stained glass from early claustra to contemporary work including dalle de verre and fusing and has some particularly fine examples from the 13th century and from the
Art Nouveau period. Apart from its permanent exhibition the museum organizes regular long-term exhibitions spotlighting a particular artist or theme. www.musee-du-vitrail.com
Beaussais:
- Musée du Poitou Protestant about the history of Protestantism in the region. With a Huguenot walking path.
La Rochelle (in the West of France):
- In 1568 this town became a Huguenot centre. In 1627 the town got into conflict with Louis XIII and was consequently besieged for 14 months by Cardinal Richelieu. When the town gave itself up 25.000 of its inhabitants had died of hunger. The increasing persecution of the Huguenots resulted in the abolition of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV in 1685. Many Huguenots emigrated to The Netherlands and North America.
- Musée Rochelais d'Histoire Protestante, 2 Rue Saint-Michel, with a rich collection of documents, engravings and diverse objects dealing with the history of Protestantism in Aunis and Saintonge.
Charentais:
- Maison du Protestantisme Charentais, Canton de la Tremblade (close to ile d'Arvert). Museum about the history of Protestantism in Aunis and Saintonge.
Éveux:
- Sainte Marie de La Tourette is a Dominican Order priory in a valley near Lyon designed by the architect Le Corbusier and constructed between 1956 and 1960. La Tourette is considered one of the more important buildings of the late Modernist style. It was under the instigation of Father Couturier that the Dominicans of Lyon charged Le Corbusier with the task of bringing into being at Éveux the Convent of La Tourette, in the midst of nature, located in a small vale that opens out onto the forest.
Lyon:
- Musée d'Art Sacré (Museum of Sacred Art), also known as the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Fourvìère, 8 Place de Fourvière, Lyon. This modest museum exhibits religious artifacts mostly from Lyon. A veritable treasure house of religious relics, it contains a large collection of works by goldsmith Armand Caillat. There are also permanent exhibitions of commemorative plaques, mosaics, religious paintings and ceremonial vestments. At different times each year there are exhibitions of religious significance. Opening hours: 10-12 and 2-6. www.fourviere.org
- Expositions at Espace culturel Saint-Polycarpe.
Saint Prim:
- Église Saint-Prim, a romanesque church with a neogothic interior. Recently architect Claude Rutault gave the church a new interior with striking colours and play of light.
Firminy:
- The Saint Pierre church designed by Le Corbusier. The last of a group of buildings Le Corbusier designed for the town of Firminy, the church wasn't completed until 2006, 41 years after his death. The building is used as a church and cultural centre. It also houses a museum about Le Corbusier. www.sitelecorbusier.com
Mialet:
- Le Musée du Désert, Le Mas Soubeyran, Mialet. Museum about the history of the Huegenots and the Camisards in the Cévennes. www.museedudesert.com/article5684.html
Alpe d’Huez:
- The Eglise Notre-Dame des Neiges is a beautiful tent-shaped modern church with windows by Arcabas. www.notredamedesneiges-alpedhuez.asso.fr and www.arcabas.com
Saint-Pierre-de Chartreuse:
- St-Hugues de Chartreuse, a 19th-century church with frescoes by Arcabas (Museum of Contemporary Religious Art). www.saint-hugues-arcabas.fr
La Correrie:
- Musée de la Grande Chartreuse. Museum close to the famous Carthusian monastery la Grande Chartreuse. About the history of the monastery and the life and spirituality of the monks. www.musee-grande-chartreuse.fr
Plateau d'Assy:
- the modern church of Notre Dame de Toute Grace, begun in 1937 and consecrated in 1950. It was designed by the architect Maurice Novarina, and many outstanding modern artists contributed to its decoration, including Fernand Léger, Jean Lurcat, Germaine Richier, Marc Chagall, Jacques Lipchitz, and Georges Rouault. The church was built through the efforts of Father Marie Alain Couturier, a Dominican priest, who sought to revitalize church architecture through the contributions of the best contemporary artists regardless of their faith. It houses some of the most important decorative and fine arts to be found in the modern church.
Curbans:
- Bertrand Bahuet has produced wall paintings (frescoes) on the vaults of Saint Peter's Chapel at Curbans, a little village in the Southern French Alps. This chapel, of the Romanesque era is listed on the French Historic Monument Inventory. All together, the paintings cover more than 250 m2 ; It has been divided in 26 scenes, each one of which is linked to parts of the New Testament.
Monêtier-les-Bains:
- Le musée d'art sacré du Monêtier-les-Bains, 20 Rue École, Chapelle St Pierre. One of the best collections of sacred art of the Hautes-Alpes.
Poët Laval:
- Musée du Protestantisme Dauphinois, Temple du vieux village. About the history of Protestantism in the region of Dauphiné. Also a collection of contemporary mosaics with biblical themes. Open April – October.
Mours-St-Eusèbe:
- Le Musée diocésain d'Art Sacré. In a church 3 km. north of Romans. Collection of more than 25.000 objects from the 14th-20th century. Sculptures, paintings, altars, books, relics, vestments and religious folk art.
Conques:
- Windows by Pierre Soulages. In1987-1994 Pierre Soulages (1919), a well-known French abstract painter, makes the windows of the Romanesque Sainte-Foy church of Conques.
Pont-Saint-Esprit:
- Musée d'art sacré du Gard, 2 Rue Saint-Jacques. Robes, liturgical objects and paintings, from the15th – 17th century. www.gard-provencal.com/musees/artsacre.htm
Rocamadour:
- Musée d'Art Sacre & Tresor Francis Poulenc, Parvis du Sanctuaire, Rocamadour. The artistic highlight of the religious complex at Rocamadour, the museum contains a collection of reliquaries, statues, paintings, enamels, cloths and many other religious works of art plus various historic documents.
Chastanier:
- Musée d’Art Sacré de Chastanier, Museum of Sacred Art.
Moissac:
- The Abbey of St. Peter.
Albi:
- Sainte Cécile cathedral is a masterpiece of the Southern Gothic style. It is characterized by a strong contrast between its austere, defensive exterior and its sumptuous interior decoration. Built as a statement of the Christian faith after the upheavals of the Cathar heresy, this gigantic brick structure was embellished over the centuries: the Dominique de Florence Doorway, the 78 m high bell tower the Baldaquin over the entrance (1515–1540). The rood screen is a veritable filigree work in stone in the Flamboyant Gothic style. It is decorated with a magnificent group of polychrome statuary carved by artists from the Burgundian workshops of Cluny and comprising over 200 statues which have retained their original colours.
Ferrières:
- Musée du Protestantisme en Haut-Languedoc, Maison du Luthier, about Protestant history from the 16th century till now. Objects, books, engravings. Open: Easter to September 20.
Nice:
- Musée National Message Biblique Marc Chagall.
Vence:
- Matisse Chapel.
Vallauris:
- Chateau-Musee de Vallauris: Picasso's monumental War and Peace decoration in the vaulted chapel.
Saint-Paul:
- The Maeght Foundation. Inaugurated on July 28th 1964 by André Malraux, then Minister of Cultural Affairs, this architectural ensemble was entirely conceived and financed by Aimé and Marguerite Maeght to present modern and contemporary art in all its forms. Painters and sculptors collaborated closely in the realisation of this Foundation with Catalan architect Lluis Sert by creating frequently monumental works integrated into the building and gardens: the Giacometti courtyard, the Miró labyrinth filled with sculptures and ceramics, mural mosaics by Chagall and Tal-Coat, a pool and stained glass window by Braque, a Bury fountain. A true museum in nature, the Maeght Foundation is an exceptional site that contains one of the most important collections in Europe, with paintings, sculptures; drawings and graphic works from the 20th century: Bonnard, Braque, Calder, Chagall, Giacometti, Léger, Miró.
Biot:
- Musée national Fernand Léger, Chemin du val de Pome, Biot. Museum of the work of Fernand Léger; also expositions. www.musee-fernandleger.fr
Frejus:
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de Jerusalem – last building designed by Jean Cocteau. Jean Cocteau, helped by the architect Jean Triquenot, conceived the plans and the decoration of the chapel. The internal frescoes illustrate the subject of the Passion of the Christ. In the Last Supper surmounting the axial door, the guests can know, among the apostles, Jean Cocteau's self-portrait and that of the comedian Jean Marais, friend of the poet. Scenes of the arrest, crucifixion, and resurrection of Christ. A second subject is recurring in the decoration of the chapel, that of the crusades, and more particularly that of the order of the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre and the cross of Jerusalem, symbol of the crusaders, is everywhere present : outside, surmounting the dome, in frescoes, on stained glasses and altar stone where one can read the slogan of the crusaders : "God le veult". This chapel is the ultimate message of the poet, where, in one incomparable site, he manages to marry nature and mysticism, symbolism and figurative scenes.
Les Arcs sur Argens:
- Saint Rosaline Chapel. The Sainte Roseline chapel standing outside the village contains exceptionally fine works of art. The chapel is part of an 11th-century abbey. It is now a place of pilgrimage with 20th-century decorations.
Arles:
- The Museum of Christian Art (Musée d'Art Chrétien) lies just northwest of the Museum of Pagan Art on Rue Balze in Arles. Housed in the chapel of a former Jesuit college (built 1652), the museum contains one of the most important collections of early Christian sarcophagi. Mostly dating from the 4th century AD, the sarcophagi are decorated with scenes from the Old and New Testaments.
- In the Church of Saint-Pierre-de-Trinquetaille you will find Miguel Deveze’s Stations of the Cross (1953), thought to be his masterpiece. Also windows by Alfred Manessier and Jean-Luc Perrot.
Allauch:
- Musée d'Allauch: Symbole et Sacré, Place Pierre Bellot. With Christian art from the 12th-19th century, an archaeological collection and art from the Provence from the 17th-20th century. Also about the influence of faith on popular culture.
Dax:
- Dominican convent with windows by Kim En Joong.
