Chapel of Saint-Bernard-de-Menthon

Historic site and monument
Religious heritage
Chapel

Oex, 74300 Magland

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The chapel of Oex, the oldest chapel of the commune, is dedicated to dedicated to Saint-Bernard-de-Menthon. It is a rural chapel built in 1680 and enlarged in 1842.

The remarkable little altar of 1679, which decorates the chevet, realized by Claude François Gradel, testifies to the baroque influence of the time. The architecture is characteristic: a two-sided roof with a strong hipped bell tower with pillars and small dome, rectangular plan, flat chevet. Other chapels in Magland are in the same style The bell was cast in 1826 in Paris and financed by the inhabitants of the hamlet of the hamlet who had emigrated to the French capital.