Intervention archéologique au cloître Franciscain de Chambéry (Savoie)

摘要

This group of monastic buildings, consisting of a fine example of a conventual buildings connected to a church now become metropolitan cathedral, must have been founded around 1220, when the minor friars of St. Francis of Assisi arrived in Chambéry . Restoration work undertaken by Conservation des Monuments Historiques has brought to light a series of arcades of the 13th- century, and has revealed, in the North-East gallery, remains of the three main building stages known from written sources. The first cloister of which fragments have been discovered of the arcade. Connecting the chapter hause to the promenade, was built between 1220 and 1253. During the 15th- century the monks built the présent cathedral of St. Francis and altered the cloister. Finally, in the 17th century, the group of monastic buildings was rebuilt, the cloister enlarged and rib vaulted, the wall enlivened with pilasters and decorated with flat capitals. This opération linked to the restoration work, demonstrates the value and necessity of making a detailed study and elevation plans of the walls, since these still preserve remains of the different periods of occupation of the site.