Corbiac chapel is a historic chapel and former monastery located in the French Pyrenees in the département of Pyrénées-Orientales, between the villages of Molitg-les-Bains and Mosset in the Pyrenees.1
Its Gothic chapel was built in the 13th century with a single nave and equipped with a gallery from the late 16th century, and an apse decorated with frescoes from the 17th. At the end of the 16th century, the Trinitarian Order founded a monastery here. Several objects originating from the chapel are now preserved in the church at Mosset.1
In 1989, the buildings were bought by Rosemary Bailey, a British writer, and her partner. Their restoration of the property is described in Bailey's book, Life in a Postcard - Escape to the French Pyrenees.2 They sold the property in 2006.
In 2000, the chapel was listed as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture. It is privately owned.1
References
References
- Chapelle de Corbiac, French Ministry of Culture database (in French). Retrieved 2 July 2020.
- Bailey, Rosemary, Life in a Postcard - Escape to the French Pyrenees, London, 2002: 37
External links
External links
- Ministry of Culture database entry for Corbiac with images (in French)
42°39′35″N 2°21′50″E / 42.65972°N 2.36389°E / 42.65972; 2.36389