Collegiate Church Notre-Dame de l'Assomption

Historic site and monument
Religious heritage
Collegiate church
Crypt
Organ
Baroque
Renaissance
19th C
15th C
16th C
17th C
18th C
Classified

rue Cotta, 06430 Tende

Collégiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption à Tende — ©Vincent Jacques

Plaque chapelle funéraire — ©OTC Tende Florian

Pierre tombale des Lascaris — ©OTC Tende Florian

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You cannot miss this splendid building, with its colourful Baroque ornaments, built between the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th century. Its Renaissance portal carved in green stone of the Roya overlooks the visitor with its twelve apostles.

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Situated in the heart of old Tende, the collegiate church is administered by canons whose lodgings were located in the immediate vicinity. The building was built on the initiative of the Count of Tende Honoré Lascaris known as "Le grand". It was completed in 1562 and signed by sculptors from the Genoa region who created their masterpiece here. It is also an example of patronage unique in the region, as it was mainly thanks to the financing of Count Honoré, represented by one of the devotees...