Église Saint-Pierre de Chalon-sur-Saône, Baroque church in Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Église Saint-Pierre de Chalon-sur-Saône is a church at Place de l'Hôtel de Ville in the city's center. It displays baroque architectural elements with a facade renewed in 1900, richly decorated with ornamental details throughout.
The baroque church is a listed monument historique since 1948. During the Revolution it served as a temple des fêtes, then a temple décadaire (22 nivôse an VII) and a fodder store (6 frimaire an IX), before worship was restored on 29 germinal an XI. On 12 May 1807 Anne-Marie Javouhey and her companions took their vows here before the Bishop of Autun, founding the Sœurs de Saint-Joseph de Cluny.
The church's Callinet organ, dating from 1812, has sixteen stops. The building also holds seven bells: three small ones strike the hours, while four larger ones ring full peal for Mass following the Salve Regina motif. Inside is a reliquary statue of Saint Just de Bretenières, martyred in Korea.
The church stands on Place de l'Hôtel de Ville in central Chalon-sur-Saône, reachable on foot from the old town. It is an active Catholic parish church inscribed as a monument historique since 1948, so visits depend on the mass and service timetable rather than fixed tourist hours. The organ, built by the Callinet workshop in 1812, has sixteen stops.
The church holds seven bells: three small ones strike the hours, while four large ones ring full swing for Mass following the Salve Regina motif. It also keeps a reliquary statue of Saint Just de Bretenières, martyred in Korea.
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