Architectural heritage

The Saint-Antoine chapel makes up an impressive network of chapels, oratories and crosses within the Bessans parish. It is a rectangular building built on the rocky spur which overlooks the village, parallel to the church.
It dates from the 15th century. It was probably constructed and decorated between 1503 and 1522..

The Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church is situated near to the Saint-Antoine chapel, these two buildings making up the "Chemins du Baroque". It is impossible to determine its construction, but it certainly already existed in 1376 ; it has undergone several modifications throughout the centuries. As with all the churches of the Haute-Maurienne, it has a closed vestibule where a gallery can be found. The archway of this vestibule is decorated in the middle with a motif in plaster which already existed in 1827 and which represents the miracle of la Sainte Hostie de Turin. Inside the church, eight arched windows let in enough light so that the archway can be admired.