The construction of the parish church of Marcoux dates back to the 1927th/1651th centuries. The building was listed in 1699. The gilded wooden altar (XNUMX) and the bell (XNUMX) are listed. The wrought iron cages of the campanile are typical of Provençal bell towers.
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The parish church of Marcoux is a beautiful example of rural Romanesque art. Its bell tower gives it added charm.
The building dates back to the 12th and 13th centuries. It was then under the jurisdiction of the chapter of Digne Cathedral. The building, with three bays vaulted with a barely broken barrel opening onto a semicircular apse, was listed in 1927. The gilded wooden altar (1651) and the bell (1699) are listed. As for the bell tower, it is not lacking in elegance and it is rare to find these wrought iron cages, typical of Provençal bell towers to resist the wind, on rural churches.
Next to the church, you can see three large limestone stones carved with notches that probably come from the walnut oil mill built on the banks of the Bléone. It operated from 1635 to 1893. Recovered after the mill was demolished and dismantled by floods in 1898, they have been installed there since 1998.
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