Inside the chapel, between tradition and modernity | The crypt
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You are now in the crypt, a remarkable vaulted room. Here, you can discover elements from Gallo-Roman sarcophagi recovered from the site of Champlieu, a few kilometers from Vez. More artefacts from the Champlieu site can be seen in the refectory.
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Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Beethoven
Antoine Bourdelle was fascinated by Ludwig van Beethoven. During his career, he made eighty sculptures of the composer, using a wide variety of materials: bronze, granite, stone, marble, terracotta. Impressed by Beethoven's music, but also by his face, Bourdelle kept drawing, painting and sculpting him from 1887 on. Here is what he said of the musician: “Every cry, uttered by this deaf individual who heard God, directly struck my soul. Beethoven's forehead was sweating on my crushed heart”.
