Sanctuaire de Tancrémont, Medieval chapel in Tancrémont, Belgium
Sanctuaire de Tancrémont is a stone chapel in the Belgian municipality of Pepinster. It houses a wooden crucifix roughly two meters tall featuring a crowned Christ figure wearing a long-sleeved tunic.
Carbon-14 dating places the wooden figure between 810 and 965, making it one of Belgium's earliest polychrome sculptures. The chapel itself developed over centuries as a pilgrimage site and underwent various modifications.
The chapel draws visitors who come to see a remarkable wooden figure at its center, which has become a focal point for pilgrimage over the centuries. People are drawn to this place as a site where faith and craftsmanship meet.
The site is accessible on foot and relatively easy to locate within the small village setting. Visitors should remember this is an active religious site and should enter respectfully.
The original hands of the Christ figure were replaced with birch wood versions in the 17th century, then later remade in oak in 1932. These restorations show how the sculpture was cared for and maintained across generations.
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