Chaource - Saint-Jean-Baptiste

The town of Chaource (pop. 1100) is known for the Chaource cheese and the church dedicated to Saint-Jean-Baptiste.

The choir was part of a church built within the 14th century, but from 1531 on the old nave got teared down and was replaced by nave and aisles seen here.

Chapels were added to the structure – and a great number of sculptures was collected. They survived iconoclasts and revolutionary vandals and now are on display.

Saint Nicholas, Bishop of Myra, one of the most popular Satints ever, known as the "Wonderworker". Depicted here is a miraculous story.

During a terrible famine an evil butcher lured three kids into his house, where he killed them, placing their remains in a barrel planning to sell them off as ham. Saint Nicholas, visiting the region to care for the hungry, resurrected the three boys from the barrel by his prayers.