Chapelle romane Notre-Dame d'Yron

It was from this chapel that the Children's Crusade set out in 1212, headed by shepherd boy Estienne de Cloyes. The legend says that 20,000 children left for the Holy Land and never returned...

This is a 12th century chapel with a unique nave and semi-circular domed apse with beautiful wall paintings from the 12th and 13th centuries which have been well-preserved: scenes from the Passion of Christ, Christ in Majesty, etc. This is a 12th century chapel with a unique nave and semi-circular domed apse with beautiful wall paintings from the 12th and 13th centuries which have been well-preserved: scenes from the Passion of Christ, Christ in Majesty, etc. This is a 12th century chapel with a unique nave and semi-circular domed apse with beautiful wall paintings from the 12th and 13th centuries which have been well-preserved: scenes from the Passion of Christ, Christ in Majesty, etc.