Saint-Ourzal chapel

The Saint-Ourzal chapel is located on the moor, facing the sea and surrounded by natural rocks and megaliths. Built in 1639, it blends into the landscape, which has been sacred to mankind for much longer. Indeed, the presence of a spring near the chapel, a Gallic stele (500 BC) and the remains of funerary urns (5th century BC), testify to a thousand-year-old cult at this site. Until 1900, the chapel was a gathering place for prayer. A pardon is held here on Easter Monday. Farmers walk around the monument three times in the hope of a good buckwheat harvest, and young children who are slow to walk are taken to the nearby spring. But the chapel fell into disrepair and was abandoned for several decades. In 1979, Abbé Job an Irien decided to bring it back to life: thanks to the efforts of associations, craftsmen and generous donors, the chapel was restored to its former glory, enriched with precious objects and reopened to the public on August 4, 1991. Since then, services, concerts and exhibitions have been held throughout the year.

Video credit: Vincent Ribaric
Photo credit: Franck Gicquiaud