Chapel oak of allouville

The Chêne chapelle (lit. "chapel oak") is an oak tree located in Allouville-Bellefosse in Seine-Maritime, Normandy, France.

The oak tree is between 800 and 1,200 years old. It is 15 metres (49 ft) high and its base has a circumference of 16 metres (52 ft). Its hollow trunk is used as the walls  of the two chapels, which were built there in 1696 and are still used: Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix ("Our Lady of Peace") and the Chambre de l'Ermite ("Hermit's room"). A spiral staircase around the trunk provides access to the chapels.

When the tree was nearing 500 years of age, it was struck by lightning; the resulting fire burned slowly through the center and hollowed the tree out. The local Abbot Du Detroit and the village priest, Father Du Cerceau, claimed that the lightning striking and hollowing the tree was an event that had happened with holy purpose. So they built a place of pilgrimage devoted to the Virgin Mary in the hollow. In later years, the chapel above was added, as was the staircase.

During the French Revolution, the tree became an emblem of the old system of governance and tyranny as well as the church that aided and abetted it: a crowd descended upon the village, intent on burning the tree to the ground. However, a local whose name is lost renamed the oak the "Temple of Reason" and as such it became a symbol of the new ways of thinking and was spared.

Today, a number of measures are necessary in order to counter problems caused by the age of the tree: poles shore up the weight of some branches, and wooden shingles have been used to cover areas of the tree that have lost their bark; still, part of its trunk is already dead.

Twice a year, mass is celebrated in the oak. The oak is the site of a pilgrimage on August 15 (Assumption of Mary).

Chêne chapelle - Wikipedia

Le Chêne Chapelle (The Chapel Oak) – Allouville-Bellefosse, France - Atlas Obscura

 

Located in the small French farming village of Allouville-Bellefosse France is an ancient oak tree, whose hollowed out trunk is home to two small chapels, reached by a spiral staircase surrounding the truck. Nobody knows how old the tree is but is speculated to be around 800 and 1,200 years old, making it one of the oldest tree in the world.

In the 1600s, the tree was stuck by lightning that burnt the tree right through its center and hollowed out the trunk. Yet instead of dying, the tree started to sprout new leaves and acorns in abundance. The tree’s miraculous survival drew the attention of the local Abbot Du Détroit and father Du Cerceau. They determined that the lighting striking and hollowing the tree was an event that had happened for a holy purpose. So they built a shrine to the Virgin Mary directly into the hollow of the tree. Later another small chapel and a stair case climbing the outside of the tree was added. The chapels were named Notre Dame de la Paix ("Our Lady of Peace") and the Chambre de l'Ermite ("Hermit's room").

[프랑스의 작은 농촌 마을인 Allouville-Bellefosse France에 위치한 고대 오크 나무는 비어있는 트렁크에 트럭을 둘러싼 나선형 계단이 있는 두 개의 작은 채플이 있습니다. 아무도 나무가 얼마나 오래되었는지 알지 못하지만 약 800 년에서 1,200년 전으로 추정되어 세계에서 가장 오래된 나무 중 하나입니다. 1600년대에 이 나무는 번개에 찔려 나무 중앙을 바로 태워 트렁크를 움푹 패였다. 그러나 그 나무는 죽는 대신에 새 잎과 도토리가 풍성하게 돋아나기 시작했다. 이 나무의 기적적인 생존은 지역 수도원장 두 데트로이트와 아버지 두 세르소의 관심을 끌었다. 그들은 나무를 때리고 비우는 조명이 거룩한 목적을 위해 일어난 사건이라고 결정했습니다. 그래서 그들은 성모 마리아에게 직접 나무의 움푹 들어간 곳에 사당을 지었다. 나중에 또 다른 작은 예배당과 나무 바깥을 등반하는 계단 케이스가 추가 되었습니다. 채플은 Notre Dame de la Paix ( "평화의 성모")와 Chambre de l' Ermite ( "은둔자의 방")로 명명되었습니다.] Kakao i 번역

 

The Oak Chapel of Allouville-Bellefosse | Amusing Planet

 

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