CHURCH OF ST. BARTHOLOMEW
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The Saint-Barthélémy church has a number of changes in its architecture. She knows the capucine phase: expansion and restoration in the th century. In 1750, once again expanded, it must adapt to the growing population of the neighbourhood. Its façade is modified and a campanile of Italian Renaissance style was added in the th century. Finally, sold as a national property under the Revolution, it was returned by the Défly family in 1803.
Its architecture and decoration are subject to the influences of the modes, yet it remains intrinsically baroque. The sober interior presents a set of side chapels dedicated to saints (mainly Franciscan) such as St Clare, Saint Louis de Gonzague, Saint Antoine de Padua or Saint Rita. The main element of its ornamentation remains the triptych painted by International François Bréa (1495-1562): a altarpiece of the Virgin to the Child surrounded by San Sebastián and Saint John Baptiste.
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