Chapaize

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The Church of Chapaize

Chapaize is a small village and commune in southern Burgundy near Cluny. It is part of the Saône-et-Loire département, in France.

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It features a Romanesque church built in the 11th century, in lombard style , surrounded by stone-built houses with the typical covered galleries of this region with a 16th century watch tower. In the hamlet of Lancharre, there is a church of the 12th century, remains of a canonnesse's monastery.

Around Chapaize lie a large state and communal forest and two ponds. In the 4 hamlets of Chapaize (Bessuge, Gemaugue, Lancharre and Chapaize), there are several laundrettes which were still used at the beginning of the 1950s.