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St Laurent church
Datas de abertura
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Mass times for winter 2025.2026 :
Christmas Mass: December 24 at 7:30pm.
December 28, 2025 to February 22, 2026: Sundays at 5:30pm.
Saturday, February 28 and March 7, 2026 at 6pm.
Also note the blessing of skiers on February 17 and the mass of ashes on the 18th celebrated in the Plaine Dranse chapel.
Accessible for wheelchairs with assistance
At first, a chapel was founded in 1438 on this place, when it was depending of La Chapelle d'Abondance. Châtel became a parish in 1643. A parish church was built in 1662, and was extended in 1848 so as to be large enough for the population and the first tourists.
To find out the times of the masses, go to the website.
ut the unsteady ground caused damage to this church, so a new one was built in 1908 on a different plan : the architect Fleury Raillon choosed a north-south orientation, perpendicular to the former building.
The current church was built in a neo-gothic style, with stones extracted from the former Saix quarries. Inside, the grey and rose colors inpire peace. "Trompe-l'oeil" paintings imitate stone veins.
The statues of Saint-Laurent, Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul were carved by Max Misztal, a Polish artist who gave several sculptures to the village, like the little wood chapel "Notre-Dame-des-skieurs" that can be seen near the church.
The stain-glass windows date from the 1960s, and were designed by the master glassmakers Balmet and Meyer, from Grenoble. Those windows show Gospel scenes translated into everyday life in Châtel.
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