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The Saint-Jean Baptiste church was rebuilt in 1854 after the destruction of 1794. There remains the Romanesque chevet and a remarkable font or baptismal font visible at the entrance which could date from the origins of religious establishment in the XNUMXth century.
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Saint Jean de Niost probably owes its origin to a priory established in the hamlet of Niost by the Benedictine monks of the Abbey of Île Barbe, where a promontory overlooked an abandoned meander of the river which abutted towards the current school group, not far from the church. The Rollion stream, which is a resurgence on the side of the hill of Monétroi to the north-east, and which today loses itself in the land behind the school group, threw itself into the river here.
Emperor Conrad the Pacific mentions this settlement of Niost in a charter of 970.
In the XNUMXth century, Gourdans, a village in the parish of Saint Jean de Niost, was a fortified place, erected on a spur overlooking the Ain.
Emperor Conrad the Pacific mentions this settlement of Niost in a charter of 970.
In the XNUMXth century, Gourdans, a village in the parish of Saint Jean de Niost, was a fortified place, erected on a spur overlooking the Ain.
Themes
- Religious Heritage
- Church
Types
- Historic site and monument
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