The municipality of La Bollène-Vésubie and the Heritage Foundation will sign an agreement this Monday.
A small perched village in the Alpes-Maritimes, La Bollène-Vésubie offers its residents and
visitors an exceptional natural and architectural heritage.
The built heritage of this village, located at the gates of the Mercantour National Park, is
composed, among other things, of alpine houses, rare vestiges of the site and of the feudal castle,
traditional mountain barns and cow sheds, and the superb
Saint-Laurent church.
A significant example of Baroque art in the Vésubie Valley, the Saint-Laurent church was built between 1680 and 1730. The square Renaissance-era bell tower, topped with a small dome, was not equipped with a clock until 1763.
Today, the axes of the four bells are severely degraded. There is a high risk of a bell falling onto the public roadway. Furthermore, the mechanism of one of the clock tower’s clocks, installed in the early 1960s, no longer functions and needs to be completely replaced.
What works are being considered? A “mise sur billes” of the bells is proposed. This
technical term refers to the set of mechanical parts that allow the
swinging of the bell when rung.
Regarding the restoration of the clock, given the impossibility of repairing the necessary parts, the mechanism and the hands will be replaced.
