Mourière

Mourière is a hamlet in Ronchamp, Arrondissement of Lure, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté. Mourière is situated nearby to the hamlet La Selle, as well as near Le Rhien.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Poor Clares and Notre-Dame du Haut.

Poor Clares

Monastery

Photo: GunnarBach, Public domain.

The Poor Clares, officially the Order of Saint Clare, originally referred to as the Order of Poor Ladies, and also known as the Clarisses or Clarissines, the Minoresses, the Franciscan Clarist Order, and the Second Order of Saint Francis, are members of an enclosed order of nuns in the Catholic Church.

Notre-Dame du Haut

Work of art

Photo: Immanuel Giel, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Notre-Dame du Haut is a Roman Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France. Built in 1955, it is one of the finest examples of the architecture of French-Swiss architect Le Corbusier.

Bourlémont

Peak

Photo: A.BourgeoisP, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Bourlémont is a hill located in Ronchamp, Haute-Saône, eastern France with an elevation of 474 m above sea level. It is located in the Ballons des Vosges Nature Park, and is an area of cultural tourism, given that the chapel of Notre Dame du Haut is located on it.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ronchamp and Hameau de la Houillère.

Ronchamp

Village

Photo: A.BourgeoisP, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Ronchamp is a commune in the Haute-Saône department in the region of Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in eastern France. It is located between the Vosges and the Jura mountains.

Hameau de la Houillère

Hamlet

Photo: Bourgeois.A, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hameau de la Houillère is a hamlet in the French communes of Ronchamp and Champagney, in the heart of the mining region, in the Haute-Saône département of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region. Hameau de la Houillère is situated 2½ km east of Mourière.