Église Saint-Trophyme de Bormes-les-Mimosas, Catholic church in Bormes-les-Mimosas, France.
Église Saint-Trophyme is a Catholic church in Bormes-les-Mimosas, built at the end of the 18th century in a Romanesque-inspired style. Its long pale yellow wall is topped by a cornice of small terracotta tiles, with three sloping buttresses and a round-arched window with a white surround and dark grille. A low roof of curved terracotta tiles rests on a stone base.
The parish of Bormes is documented from 517, and before 1433 a church dedicated to Saint Trophyme stood beside the feudal castle. The present parish church was built at the end of the 18th century in a Romanesque-inspired style. It was listed as a monument historique by decree of 21 November 1973.
The parish is recorded as early as 517, and the church is dedicated to Saint Trophyme, whose feast day is 29 December. On the facade, a sundial carries the Latin motto "Ab hora diei ad horam Dei", meaning "From the hour of the day to the hour of God". The wedding of Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg and Nicolas Bagory was held here on 29 April 2023.
The church stands in the village of Bormes-les-Mimosas, in the Var department. Its facade carries a sundial inscribed "Ab hora diei ad horam Dei", meaning "From the hour of the day to the hour of God". The building is protected as a monument historique under the arrêté of 21 November 1973.
On the facade, a sundial carries the Latin motto "Ab hora diei ad horam Dei" ("From the hour of the day to the hour of God"). The church was listed as a monument historique by decree of 21 November 1973. On 29 April 2023, the wedding of Princess Alexandra of Luxembourg and Nicolas Bagory was celebrated here.
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