2024
CHURCH OF ST. GALLEN
Churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels
Read moreThe third oldest church in France, the Saint-Gal Church is of Gallo-Roman origin. During the renovation process, begun in 1980, the first traces of paintings covered by several layers of lime coating were discovered indoors. It has frescoes of the th and th centuries. Among the biblical characters identified on the frescoes, Meldisedech and Michel. Saint Michel is represented wearing a character, symbolizing a soul, in a linen. This representation of Saint Michel is extremely rare: it is only found on two other copies from Ireland and England.