The heritage of Bessans

In Savoie, baroque art is very present through the "Chemins du Baroque".

Baroque art appeared in the second half of the 15th century in the heart of the Alpine valleys. It showed itself through wealth and the splendour of decors (golds, polychromy), by the realism of sculptors aroused by movement and life. It highlighted a momentum of spirituality but without renouncing the human dimension of faith. It foreshadowed Heaven for the mountain populations who aspired to salvation.

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