Nearly everything in Beaujolais hints of the sacred from the Roche aux Fées (fairy's rock) to funeral tumuli, not forgetting the many stations of the cross.
Pure and austere Roman planning can be seen in dozens of chapels that are often humble and fragile.
This modest elegance in search of spirituality is often present in Haut-Beaujolais.
The church of Saint-Christophe-la-Montagne, built by Cluny nearly a thousand years ago, is a meeting point for a yearly pilgrimage. It is extremely simple yet has a surprising mystical force.

When they built the Chapelle Saint-Georges in around 1080, the Charlieu Benedictines couldn't have known that it would cross the ages so well. This little church is in Thizy cemetery where there used to be a fortress. The bell-tower, choir and nave carry the Roman stamp. The chapel as a whole gives a feeling of balance in that the architecture was thought out in harmony with spirituality.