EGLISE NOTRE-DAME DE LA NATIVITÉ - MAROLLETTE

Marollette is home to a beautiful church, dedicated to Notre-Dame de la Nativité, with a gambrel roof typical of Saosnois churches.

Recently restored, the church at Marollette is still surrounded by its cemetery.

Built on a simple plan with a single nave, it has a bell tower that ends in a bâtière (gable) roof covered in local tiles and topped with a wrought iron Christ and a cockerel. The bell tower houses two bells, one of which comes from the church of St Aubin des Grois, which no longer exists.

The tower has a Romanesque semi-circular portal with a double door. You can peek inside the church through a clever peephole.
The nave, covered by a panelled vault with painted decorations of fleur-de-lys and geometric motifs, ends in a flat chevet, with the altarpiece of the high altar taking up the entire space. It depicts the nativity of Mary, mother of Jesus.
She is surrounded by Saint Peter on the right and Saint Paul on the left.

There is an interesting statuary, including a sculpture of Saint Eustache holding a falcon in his hand, which is quite rare.

The church has retained its old wooden pews and there are remains of wall paintings.

On the cemetery side of the church wall, there is a circular sundial engraved in stone.