Sainte-Dévote stands at the mouth of the Gaumates ravine, where tradition says the body of the young martyr Dévote came ashore by boat in 312. A modest chapel stood near the grotto before 1070; it was restored and enlarged over the centuries, and the present church was inaugurated on 25 January 1871, under Charles III. Prince Antoine I gave it the polychrome marble altar with the Grimaldi arms; its stained glass, destroyed by bombing in the Second World War, was restored in 1948.
Each year on 26 January a replica of the saint's boat is set alight on the forecourt, before her feast on the 27th. Grace Kelly left her wedding bouquet here in 1956, and Princess Charlene did the same in 2011.
The building
Escalier Sainte-Dévote, Moneghetti, Monaco – facts from the open sources, each with its source.
Facts
- Address
- Escalier Sainte-Dévote
- Use
- Place of worshipOpenStreetMap
- Built
- chapel before 1070; present church inaugurated 1871Metro Mode
- Footprint
- 386 m²OpenStreetMap
- Built as
- ChurchMetro Mode
- Quartier
- Moneghetti
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- Place Ste-Devoteline 1, line 2, line 3, line 6, line N1, line N2, line X3 · 1 min on foot
- Beach
- Plage du Solarium14 min on foot
- Port
- port de Monaco9 min on foot
- From the Casino
- 10 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
- From the Palais
- 12 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
On the map
Sainte-Dévote Chapel, its outline lit, on Escalier Sainte-Dévote.
Building outlines and heights © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
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Sources
Building outline, height, floors, use and address: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
Wikidata (CC0) and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0); the photograph from Wikimedia Commons under its own licence.
Buses: Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco GTFS (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
Wikipédia (fr) : Église Sainte-Dévote de Monaco
Institut du patrimoine, Direction des Affaires Culturelles (diocese.mc): the religious heritage of Monaco
Photo: Alexander Migl / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
Official website saintedevotemonaco.com