Ronchamp Attractions 
Ronchamp (pop. 2,965) is world-famed for Le Corbusier's chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Haut (1950-1954), on a hill above the town). It contains an ancient image of the Virgin (festival on September eighth). Ronchamp also has an interesting mining museum, the Maison de la Mine.
Built towards the end of Le Corbusier's career, the Chapel of Notre Dame, Ronchamp, is highly sculptural and will be a surprising departure for those used to his earlier more cubist-inspired projects. Situated on the crest of a hill, it replaces a former chapel destroyed during the war. It is a compact building with massive reinforced concrete roof. The walls are of the same structure, curving inward on themselves to define smaller chapels and are covered in rough textured plaster punctured by an intriguing and seemingly random collection of slot windows. These windows are of colored glass filling the darkened space with ethereal light from jewel-like sources.
Built towards the end of Le Corbusier's career, the Chapel of Notre Dame, Ronchamp, is highly sculptural and will be a surprising departure for those used to his earlier more cubist-inspired projects. Situated on the crest of a hill, it replaces a former chapel destroyed during the war. It is a compact building with massive reinforced concrete roof. The walls are of the same structure, curving inward on themselves to define smaller chapels and are covered in rough textured plaster punctured by an intriguing and seemingly random collection of slot windows. These windows are of colored glass filling the darkened space with ethereal light from jewel-like sources.
