Chapel of Saint John

The Saint-Jean chapel and its belvedere are among the key places in the Middle Durance

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The Saint-Jean chapel was built in 1668 by four brothers from the Ricard family. It has become a high place of pilgrimage since its creation. It is said that in 1753, a seven-year-old child was cured of an incurable disease on the day of the celebration of Saint-Jean-Baptiste. Bernar Venet, sculptor, now world-famous and local, created furniture in steel plates especially for the place: altar, benches, cross, stained glass...

To get there, two footpaths: one starting from the blâchon cemetery in Château-Arnoux, and the other way from the Saint-Jean reservoirs. It is possible to make a loop.
You can also get there by car, by the Saint-Jean tourist route which goes up just before the Camille Reymond college in Château-Arnoux.

Programme
Visit of the chapel on June 18 at 11:30 a.m. as part of the
Country and Mill Heritage Days: “To be and to be reborn”.
Mass of Saint John on June 18 at 18 p.m. followed by a convivial aperitif

Piano and mellophone concert on Thursday July 28 at 18 p.m. – entry 10 euros

Accordion concert on Thursday August 4 at 18 p.m. by a Ukrainian artist (in the hat)