The winter sports resort of Flaine, opened in 1967, has a chapel with original architecture. It is classified, with its furniture, as a Historic Monument since 2014.
Inaugurated in 1973, the chapel is the only construction in Flaine without concrete, but with wood and covered with slates. The upper part of the building is underlined by ingenious gutters that go around it and evacuate the rainwater by the inside, avoiding the use of unsightly gutters and protecting from the frost.
The furniture was designed by the station's architect, Marcel Breuer: wooden altar and benches, bronze chandelier. Some works of art adorn the walls of the chapel: Buraglio's "Climb to Calvary" (1979), Simon Hantaï's "Tabula" (1980), two acrylic paintings by Bernard Piffaretti (1991, 1992).
The furniture was designed by the station's architect, Marcel Breuer: wooden altar and benches, bronze chandelier. Some works of art adorn the walls of the chapel: Buraglio's "Climb to Calvary" (1979), Simon Hantaï's "Tabula" (1980), two acrylic paintings by Bernard Piffaretti (1991, 1992).
