Founded around 1400 in a former convent donated by Saint Louis, the Confrérie des Pénitents Gris played a key role in preserving local religious traditions. After the destruction of their chapel during the Wars of Religion in 1575, the brotherhood was reborn in 1607 and continued its work of devotion.
They also left their mark on the artistic heritage of Aigues-Mortes with the construction of the chapel and the altarpiece "The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ" by Jean Sabatier in 1688. Despite the vagaries of history, such as the transformation of the chapel into a fodder store after the Revolution of 1789, their legacy lives on in the sacred furnishings and works of art they left behind.
30220 Aigues-Mortes
Means of communication
- 04 66 53 73 00
Open
From 01/06 to 30/09 daily between 2.30 pm and 5.30 pm.
Open during school vacations.
Animals accepted
no
Equipement
- Car park
- Pay car park
- Parking nearby
Services
- Tour free of charge
Activities
- Temporary exhibition
Group tours
- Guided group tours on request
- Average length of visit : 45 minutes
- Size of groups : 150 max
Individual visits
- Guided individual tours on request
- Unguided individual tours available permanently
- Average length of visit : 45 minutes
Rates
Free of charge.
Spoken languages
Written languages in prospects
Language guided tour
Location
Intramuros
Environment
- Cycling itinerary less than 1 km away
- Less than 10 min walk from a train station
- Less than 10 minutes from a train station by bike
- Less than 10 minutes from an SNCF train station by electric bike
- Less than 10 minutes from a train station by car
- Less than 10 minutes from a bus stop on foot
- Less than 10 min from a bus stop by bike
- Less than 10 min from a bus stop with an electric bike
- Less than 10 min from a bus stop by car
- Town location
- Village centre
- In the historic centre
- Close to a public transportation
- Bus stop < 500 m
- TER stop (regional train) within 500 m
- Pier within 500 m
- In centre of town