La Hougue Bie

La Hougue Bie - chapel

The chapel viewed from the south.

The present form of the building has two separate chapels, the Notre Dame at the west (left) end and
the Jerusalem, at the east (right) end. The two doors seen above give access to each of the chapels.
 
The basic rectangular plan of the building has survived throughout its manifold incarnations, but the
 present division into two separate chapels is modern, occurring during the "restorations" started in 1924.
Below the chapel floor, in the bulbous rotunda at the east is a ring-crypt and rectangular chamber intended
 to be symbolic of the tomb of Christ. This featured was added by Dean Richard Mabon in the16th century
following his return from a pilgrimage to Jerusalem.

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