Visit of the Romanesque church of the Monastery of Chalais

19 September 2025

Free

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On Sunday at 15:15 p.m., a sister from the community will show you around the church. It is a Romanesque church where monks prayed since 1101. This visit will include both a historical component and an architectural component.
Free visit outside of prayer services.

History, culture and heritage: 
Romanesque building built in 1101 with a single bay nave. The crossing of the transept is remarkable with its carved polychrome keystone. Protected as a Historic Monument in 1974, it has been occupied by Dominican nuns since 1963.

Date

Friday 19 September 2025
Open from 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. and from 13 p.m. to 17:15 p.m.
Avoid visiting the church during services (timetables can be consulted on our site: https://www.chalais.fr)
• Lauds: 8am
• Eucharist (Mass): 11:30 a.m. every day
• Median Time: 14 p.m. (Sunday: 30 p.m.)
• Vespers: 17 p.m.
• Compline or Vigils: 20:45 p.m.

Saturday 20 September 2025
Open from 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. and from 13 p.m. to 17:15 p.m.
Avoid visiting the church during services (timetables can be consulted on our site: https://www.chalais.fr)
• Lauds: 8am
• Eucharist (Mass): 11:30 a.m. every day
• Median Time: 14 p.m. (Sunday: 30 p.m.)
• Vespers: 17 p.m.
• Compline or Vigils: 20:45 p.m.

Sunday 21 September 2025
Open from 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. and from 13 p.m. to 17:15 p.m.
Avoid visiting the church during services (timetables can be consulted on our site: https://www.chalais.fr)
• Lauds: 8am
• Eucharist (Mass): 11:30 a.m. every day
• Median Time: 14 p.m. (Sunday: 30 p.m.)
• Vespers: 17 p.m.
• Compline or Vigils: 20:45 p.m.

Monday 22 September 2025
Open from 8:30 a.m. to 11:15 p.m. and from 13 p.m. to 17:15 p.m.
Avoid visiting the church during services (timetables can be consulted on our site: https://www.chalais.fr)
• Lauds: 8am
• Eucharist (Mass): 11:30 a.m. every day
• Median Time: 14 p.m. (Sunday: 30 p.m.)
• Vespers: 17 p.m.
• Compline or Vigils: 20:45 p.m.

Pricing

Free.

Services

Accessible tourism

  • Access for self-propelled wheelchairs

Home of animals

  • Animals accepted: not communicated

Access

By Motorway A 48 between Grenoble and Lyon
TER between Lyon and Grenoble to Voreppe


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