Chapelle Saint-Roch

Also known as Chapelle Rose, it was built in 1565 in the wake of a plague epidemic, and restored in the 17th and 18th centuries.
It is the oldest chapel in Jarrier.
Its pink facades, its position (against the backdrop of the Aiguilles d'Arves) and its surprising location (with its back to the valley, due to the plague) make it a unique building.

The interior features two large cross-vaulted bays, painted by Charles Prarioz around 1860.
A Baroque altarpiece with columns frames a painting of the Virgin Mary.

The chapel is dedicated to St. Roch, a pilgrim (1350-1380), and to St. Sebastian, a Roman officer martyred in 288, both reputed to be anti-plague saints.

St Roch's chapel is also known as the pink chapel, because its color comes from a red clay used as a wall coating called "gria" in Maurien dialect.

We can see St Roch's chapel, situated on an impressive promontory.