Chapelle Sainte Anne, Catholic chapel on Route des Arcs, Lorgues, France.
Chapelle Sainte Anne is a stone chapel at the southern edge of Lorgues, where the CD 10 meets the Chemin de Sainte Anne. Its rough grey-beige facade has a pitched roof of curved tiles, a small bell tower with one dark bell, a round window, and a recessed niche holding a blue-and-white statue above an arched wooden door. Two small grilled windows flank the door, each above a stone bench, and a metal cross on a stone base stands at the right corner.
Built between 1646 and 1648 by public subscription at the initiative of a rural brotherhood, the chapel was meant to appease the heavens whose inclement weather had compromised crops for several years. During the Austrian invasion it served as a fodder store, was reopened for worship in 1769, sold as national property in 1796, and returned to the Catholic Church in 1809 after notary Henri Raybaud bought it in 1797.
The chapel reflects local devotion to Saint Anne through its religious artworks and remains a place where the community gathered for worship and celebration. Visitors notice how the decoration and layout still convey the spiritual life of the region.
The chapel stands at the southern edge of Lorgues, at the fork between the CD 10 (route des Arcs) and the start of the Chemin de Sainte-Anne. The building has no fixed visiting hours; the parish of Lorgues, Le Thoronet and Saint-Antonin du Var celebrates Mass there regularly, notably on 8 December. In summer it sometimes hosts painting exhibitions.
The chapel's original bell from 1655 was melted down during the French Revolution and lost forever. A replacement bell cast by Baudoin from Marseille arrived in 1842 and continues to ring in the building today.
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