Referral to the Public Prosecutor by the National Archives [Back to contents]
The National Archives referred the matter to the public prosecutor of the Bobigny Tribunal de grande instance over the damage done to the plan of the Notre-Dame-des-Anges Chapel.
Forged Plan of the Notre-Dame-des-Anges Chapel [Back to contents]
The plan that was tampered with in the National Archives bears the shelfmark no. 273AP/37.
Original watercolor plan of the church of Rochemaure preserved in the National Archives (273AP/37): "Four openings were cut, at an undetermined date, into the original document at the location of four of the church's six chapels. The original document was then backed onto two sheets of thick paper applied to the reverse in order to fill the hollowed-out areas. It is within these openings, on these added sheets, that the following names were written in a gray ink different from the ink originally used: 'Chapelle de Mr du Verdier', 'Chapelle de Mr Cheynet de Beaupre', 'Chapelle de Mr de Jovyac' and 'Chapelle de Mr Chambon d'Espenel'." National Archives of the French Republic
A Desecrated Chapel [Back to contents]
The Notre-Dame-des-Anges Chapel[1], listed as a historic monument[2], was desecrated.
Above, inscriptions reading "Cheynet de Beaupre" added inside an inner chapel.
Above, a memorial slab added inside the chapel bearing the name "Cheynet de Beaupre".
Outside, adjoining the chapel, a "Cheynet de Beaupre" memorial slab was placed on the tomb of
- Jean-Andre Cheynet 1814-1898
- Marie-Madeleine Barral, wife of Cheynet, 1806-1892
- Eugenie-Eulalie Cheynet, wife of Delhoste, 1852-1879
Notes and References
1. Notre-Dame-des-Anges Chapel page on the website of the town of Rochemaure