Religious heritage
Although each of our villages has a church, there are several that deserve special attention. This is the case of Seyssel Ain and Seyssel Haute-Savoie in particular.
Water transport being so important until the XIXth century, there was a large following of the Virgin Mary. She can be found in the churches of Notre-Dame du Bon Départ and Notre-Dame du Pont.
You must see the stained glass in the church of Seyssel Ain, it tells of parts of the life of Saint François de Sales.
If you would like more precise details of religious heritage, don't hesitate to ask for our "Circuit des églises".
A former convent, today the building resembles a large house with an austere façade. Currently privately owned, but you can nevertheless view the very beautiful door framed by pilasters and topped by an alcove with a Madonna in it....
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Built in 1108, this church has undergone many restorations, the last in 1996. The entrance and bell tower is the original, apart from the upper part....
Location Read moreThis chapel is not in the castel, but built where the fortified castle used to be. You get there trrough the woods. Inside, there are two bas-reliefs representing the assumption and Dormition of the Virgin Mary....
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The church of Seyssel Ain has a black Virgin dating from the 12th century. It also has stained-glass windows recounting the life of Saint François of Sales....
Location Read moreThis statue was sculpted by a well known artist Maxime Real de Sarte. It is almost exctly the same as the one that can be seen in the chapelle de la Médaille Miraculeuse, in Paris....
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This church is in neo-classic Sardian style, dedicated to Saint Etienne, built between 1856 and 1860. The bell tower is semi-bulbous, (the only one in the canton of Seyssel Haute-Savoie)....
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This Christ on the cross was placed by nums from the Clos de Grex, at the western edge of the property, beside the departemental road....
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This church is of roman style, 12th century. One of the two oldest churches in Haute-Savoie....
Location Read moreThe convent was built on the ruins of the former castle of the lords of Seyssel. The buildings were abandoned by the monks at the time of the French Revolution. Since then, the building has undergone numerous alterations....
Location Read moreCalvaire de Seyssel Ain
Au carrefour de la Rue Roosevelt et de la Rue Bonivard
01420 Seyssel
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This wayside cross is the only cross in Seyssel Ain. It lies at the crossroads of Rue Roosevelt and Rue Bonivard. The cylindrical upright and arms are carved in robust stone....
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The church you see now was built between 1841 and 1845 with stone from the quarry in Droisy and sandstone from Clermont-en-Genevois. The style is neo-classical Sardinian....
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