Moudon Chapel
Opening time
All year round, daily.
The chapel is very small : 10 metres long and 3.60 metres high. It was renovated in 1650 by Louis Rouge, a master builder. You can see the original stone above the entry, with the date "1651". As we know, this chapel never been inhabited by a priest, but some religious people were coming to fill in ecclesiastical missions. It knew a desolation period and been totally destroyed in 1793.
In 1820, further to a hail storm having destroyed the harvests, a bell has been bought and blessed to repel storms. At the same time, the chapel has been renovated in 1821. Unfortunately, the bell was broken some years later.
In 1895, a new bell of 194 kg, formed with the fragments of the old one, has been ordered to the Paccard Etablissements. Installed in the center of the edifice, it received the solemn baptism with the mission to hunt storms and harmful spirits. Dedicated to St. Théodule, it's godfather and payer was Guillaume Blanc.
Les Gets inhabitants believed in this bell of Moudon to repel storms. It was ringing at each storm to protect the harvests. To the extent that La Côte d'Abroz inhabitants were complaining to suffer the storms that the bell repelled.
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Historical chapel