Église Saint-Antoine de Theizé, Church building in Theizé, France

Église Saint-Antoine de Theizé is a small church building set in the center of this village in the Rhône region of France. Its narrow front, pointed openings, and bell tower with twin side turrets face the surrounding streets and older stone houses.

This church was built in the early 1900s to replace an older chapel at the Château de Rochebonne that had become too small. Its construction drew on the local quarries and took only a few years before the new building received its blessing.

The church remains a meeting point for religious festivals, and the sound of its bells marks the hours and calls people to services. Inside, older furnishings such as carved wooden panels and stone basins show how pieces from earlier places were reused here.

You can walk around the outside on foot from the village center, then enter through the main portal when the door is open. The interior has a level stone floor, so moving between the nave and side aisles is straightforward for most visitors.

The tower holds three bells. The two oldest came from the former church in 1912: one cast in 1404 weighs 500 kg and sounds in A, the other cast in 1588 weighs 700 kg and sounds in G. A third bell, 430 kg and sounding in A sharp, was baptised in 1905.