©Mme Prosper
In the past, the church was the "common house" where villagers gathered for all the important events of daily life, whether joyful or sad, to attend services on Sundays or to celebrate religious feasts.
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In Norgeat, as in most of our mountain hamlets, we have to admit (with a certain nostalgia for the older members of the family) that our church has fallen asleep over time.
The door to the building is only opened for funerals, and the bells that once punctuated the daily life of the villagers remain stubbornly silent.
Today, few villagers can say when, why or how their church was built?
To answer these questions, while paying tribute to Norgeat's courageous builders of the mid-19th century,...
The door to the building is only opened for funerals, and the bells that once punctuated the daily life of the villagers remain stubbornly silent.
Today, few villagers can say when, why or how their church was built?
To answer these questions, while paying tribute to Norgeat's courageous builders of the mid-19th century,...
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