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Le Corbusier’s winged,
sculptural Chapelle
Notre- Dame-du-Haut

30 et Traditions Populaires was is displayed in three historic
created by a local shepherd,
buildings, includ ing his
Ronchamp who collected artifacts con- childhood home, which make
nected with disappearing up the Musée Courbet.
! G3 ⌂ Haute-Saône @
n 25 rue Le Corbusier; local customs. One of the A canoeist’s paradise, the
Vallée de la Loue is the loveli-
most poig nant displays
www.ot-ronchamp.fr
housed in this Renais sance est in the Jura. The D67 follows
Le Corbusier’s Chapelle Notre- château recalls the emigration the river from Ornans east-
Dame-du-Haut, built in 1954, of 400 citizens to Mex ico in wards to Ouhans, from where
dominates this former miners’ the mid-19th century. it is only a 15-minute walk to
town. More sculpture than its magnificent source. Various
building, its swelling concrete Musée des Arts et belvederes along the way
form was built on an old pil- Traditions Populaires offer splendid views over
grim age site, which had been ' " ⌂ 7 rue de l’Église the surrounding area.
destroyed during the Second § 03 84 95 76 50 # Apr– Southwest of Ornans, the
World War, and has become Sep: 9:30am–6pm Wed–Fri; spectacular Source du Lison
one of his most iconic designs. Oct–Mar: 2–5pm Wed–Fri is a 20-minute walk from
The curved roof is held by ¢ Dec–Feb Nans-sous-Ste-Anne.
support columns hidden in
the walls; inside, light, shape Musée Courbet
and space form a unity. c = - " ⌂ Pl Robert Fernier
There is also a Musée de la # 9am–5pm Wed–Mon
Mine evoking the industry and Ornans ¢ Public hols ∑ musee-
the lives of local miners. courbet.doubs.fr
! F4 ⌂ Doubs @ n 7 rue
Pierre Vernier; www.
destination louelison.com
31 The great Realist painter
Champlitte Gustave Courbet was born at Did You Know?
Ornans in 1819. Throughout Courbet’s infamous
! F3 ⌂ Haute-Saône @
n 2 allée du Sainfoin; his career, he painted the painting, A Burial at
www.ot-champlitte.fr town in every possible light. Ornans, measures
His Enterrement à Ornans 3 m by 6 m
In the small and charming proved to be one of the most (12 ft by 25 ft)
town of Champlitte, the influential paintings of the
captivating Musée des Arts 19th century. Courbet’s work
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