Église Notre-Dame de Decazeville, Catholic church in Decazeville, France
Église Notre-Dame de Decazeville is a Catholic church at the center of Decazeville featuring a bell tower completed in 1873 and significant interior artworks. The building displays large stained-glass windows and multiple painted religious scenes throughout its interior space.
Construction began in 1847 under architect Antoine-Martin Garnaud and the building received official consecration in 1861 as a replacement for the earlier Vialarels church. This transition reflected the religious needs of the growing community during the mid-19th century.
Since 2017 the church has welcomed pilgrims walking the Via Podiensis to Santiago de Compostela between April and September, except in 2020. Its name, Notre-Dame, refers to the Virgin Mary, to whom the building is dedicated. The fourteen Stations of the Cross are painted canvases by Gustave Moreau, dated 1863.
The church is located on Place Wilson at the center of Decazeville and is easy to reach on foot from the main areas of town. It sits along the Via Podiensis pilgrim route toward Santiago de Compostela, welcoming travelers passing through.
The church holds a Way of the Cross of fourteen painted canvases made by Gustave Moreau in 1863, now listed in the Palissy database. Since 2017 it has sheltered pilgrims on the Via Podiensis from April to September, except in 2020.
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