SAINT GAETAN'S CHAPEL CALLED "LA MISERICORDE" (ON THE SALEYA COURTYARD)
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Built in 1780 according to the plans of the Piedmontese architect Bernardo Vidone, this little gem of the Nice Baroque religious architecture is essential. Located on the Cours Saleya, on the right of the prefecture's palace, its sober facade does not announce the many sumptuous decorations inside. Faithful to the demands of Counter-Reformation, ornamentations flatter the meaning of those who enter the interior: moulures made of gilded stucco, marble columns, enchevêtrement of curves and plume, paintings of saints in ecstasy in of the clouds, crystal chandeliers, theatrical lighting through wells of light. On the sides of the choir, there are two frescoes carried out by Maria in 1886, representing the left of the Nativity and on the right the Dormition of the Virgin, themes very poorly treated in Western iconography. It should not be missed: wooden panels painted by the chore awarded to Louis Bréa (1450-1523) and to Miralhet representing the Virgin of Mercy. This chapel has been entrusted to the brotherhood of the black Penance of Mercy since 1828.
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