Chapelle Vaugelas

The Vaugelas chapel

The Chambéry audio-guided tour invites you to quiet contemplation before the Vaugelas chapel, an elegant baroque vestige nestled within the present-day Lycée Vaugelas. Its discreet façade keeps the memory of a former vanished convent.

The memory of the Visitandines

The chapel is the last vestige of the convent of the Visitation, founded at the beginning of the seventeenth century, in the time of Saint Francis de Sales, a bishop deeply linked to Savoyard spirituality. The Visitandine nuns led there a life of prayer until the disappearance of the convent. Its fine baroque façade, protected as a historic monument, today testifies to this religious past and to the art of its time.

What there is to see

The Vaugelas chapel charms with its finely ornamented baroque façade, a precious vestige of the former convent of the Visitation. Integrated today into a school, it is discovered above all from the outside, where one appreciates the harmony of its lines. It is a discreet but moving testimony of the religious heritage of Chambéry.

Practical information

The Vaugelas chapel is within the Lycée Vaugelas, in Chambéry. Integrated into a school, it cannot be freely visited; its baroque façade can be contemplated from the outside. Openings may take place on the occasion of heritage events, according to a variable schedule.

What was the Vaugelas chapel?

It is the last vestige of the convent of the Visitation, founded in the seventeenth century in the time of Saint Francis de Sales, where the Visitandine nuns lived.

Can you visit the Vaugelas chapel?

Integrated into the Lycée Vaugelas, it is contemplated above all from the outside; openings are possible during heritage events.