The crypt and Notre Dame des Anges chapel

Historic site and monument
Religious heritage
Crypt
16th C

Place du village, Eglise, 74490 Mégevette

In the Middle Ages, reports of pastoral visits mention a Notre-Dame chapel
Notre-Dame chapel in the Mégevette church, as early as the 16th century. The chapel served as a parish church.

Until the eve of the French Revolution, this chapel provided the valley's inhabitants with a place of meditation, without arousing any particular interest. It was part of a regional art movement similar to that of the church choirs in Habère-Lullin and Evian, located under their bell towers and decorated with frescoes identical in color. Perhaps an art studio had already been set up in northern Savoie, as was the case much later in the 20th century by Henri and Francis Modéna.
The Mégevette chapel, also located beneath the church as it is today, featured a cross-arched ceiling decorated with black and ochre stars.
ochre stars. A baldachin in the center of the cross is reminiscent of the Evian church choir. However, there is no coat of arms in this Risse valley sanctuary. The base of the cross-beam has retained its black varnish.
The 1624 pastoral visit notes that the Confrérie du Rosaire uses it for its services. It also tells us that Our Lady and Baby Jesus are painted on the fresco. In 1765, the chapel was named "Chapelle
Notre-Dame des Anges" chapel.