Church of the Nativity

  • Historic site and monument
  • Religious heritage
  • Church
  • 19th C
Place du 11 novembre, La Londe-les-Maures
Late 19th century Provençal church, atypical in that the choir faces west. Permanent and animated Provencal cot.
This church was built when the 1st chapel, which was erected as a parish in 1788 (opposite the current church), fell into disrepair and was too small. Built from 1844 onwards by the parishioners themselves using stones extracted from the Pansard and Maravenne rivers, it was founded in 1847. Originally, it had no transept and a semi-dome-shaped chancel. The sacristy and side chapels were added in 1873 and the side aisles in 1922.

A basilica-type church with a central nave with an apse flanked by the bell tower and two side aisles. The bell tower, with its almost flat roof, has been fully restored and houses two bells, one dated 1872 (restored in 2018) and the other 1950. The main facade is on a gable wall with a triangular pediment, pierced by a rose window (since 2007) and a fairly simple portal with a stone frame surmounted by a slender entablature. Facing east. Each nave has 3 geminated bays with stained glass windows. On the north facade, the stained glass windows bear the initials SA for St André and SL for St Louis (a tribute to André Augustin Allègre, who donated the land on which the church was built, and Louis Marmotant, the artist who donated these two windows made in Auxerre in 1943). The heart is illuminated by two stained glass windows depicting the Virgin and Child and St Vincent (patron saint of winegrowers).
Furnishings: gilded wooden statues, notably of the Virgin and Child (from the first parish), St Pons (patron saint of the church), St André (from the Château de La Londe, a former Allègre property neighbouring the first parish), paintings representing the Stations of the Cross, ex-voto. Atypical Provencal church in that the chancel faces west.

Permanent, animated Provencal cot.

Exhibition on local civil and religious bells, on the restoration of the church's 1872 bell and on the church itself through postcards.
Exhibition panels presenting the restoration of the 1872 bell, other examples of London's religious and civil bell-ringing heritage, as well as the church and its evolution through a selection of postcards.

Services

Services

Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance

Documentation

Documentation

Rates

Rates

Free access.

Openings

Openings

All year 2025 - Open everyday

Location

Location

Church of the Nativity
Place du 11 novembre, La Londe-les-Maures

Spoken languages

Spoken languages
  • French

Environment

Environment
  • Town location
  • Village centre

Access

Access
  • Rue Joseph Laure
Updated on 23 October 2023 at 09:58
by Office de tourisme intercommunal La Londe les Maures, Cuers, Collobrières, Pierrefeu du Var
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