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COLLEGIATE CHURCH OF SAINT-MEXME

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Place Sainte-Mexme, 37500Chinon, France
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2024
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Collégiale Saint-Mexme, with a narthex featuring important medieval murals in Chinon.

This small monastery, conceived by Saint Mexme, a disciple of Saint Martin of Tours, became a collegiate church and the main religious building in Chinon. It is around the year 1000 that its oldest parts were added: the nave, the western part and its two towers. We owe their preservation to a vast restoration and rehabilitation project. Now a cultural place, the central nave hosts a small wooden theater. The narthex preserves important medieval mural paintings, associated with contemporary stained glasses of Olivier Debré since 2006.

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jean-françois M.
jean-françois M.
Visited in january 2024
Découvert il y a 15 ans pour mon mariage. Excellente cave, excellent vin.
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Pascal P.
Pascal P.
Visited in september 2023
Nice monument with poor acoustic isolation. Sadly reused for concerts that are more noise and nuisance than anything else, making the whole historic area a very loud disservice.
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Ano A.
Ano A.
Visited in september 2023
Tres belle collégiale
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Gilles R.
Gilles R.
Visited in august 2023
Bel édifice religieux moyenâgeux, massif et resté dans son jus. Nef immense. Aujourd'hui c'est un Musée. Beaux restes de peintures murales.
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Paul P.
Paul P.
Visited in august 2023
Visite gratuite frustrante, les parties les plus intéressantes sont inaccessibles.
Il faut pour les voir bénéficier d'une visite organisée payante. Aucune information ou signalétique sur place, je l'ai découvert en cherchant sur internet : sur réservation, 80 € de 1 à 20 personnes et 120 € de 21 à 35 personnes. 80 € pour moi tout seul, c'est un peu cher, et je n'ai pas la possibilité d'organiser une visite en groupe.
La nef est interdite à la visite, c'est une salle de spectacle, cette visite gratuite permet de découvrir quelques pièces, aux rez-de-chaussée et à l'étage. Le narthex dans lequel on entre est remarquable dans sa conservation. La collégiale est un lieu culturel fort peu accueillant situé dans un monument témoin de 15 siècles d'histoire.
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