Chitry
Title
Chitry
Also Known As
Chitry le Fort
Dates
Founded 12th c.
Dedication
Valerian
Affiliation
Medieval Diocese
Circary
History
A parish church dependent on the Premonstratensian abbey of Saint-Marien d'Auxerre. It is a notable example of a fortified church.
Status
Parish church
Reference
Bibliography
“Chitry-le-Fort - Église paroissiale Saint-Valérien - (canton de Chablis).” Bulletin du centre d’études médiévales d’Auxerre, 2010. https://doi.org/10.4000/cem.11453.
Hontcharenko, Vanessa. “Monographie de l’église Saint-Valérien de Chitry-le-Fort.” Mémoire de maîtrise, Université de Bourgogne, 2004.
Image Credit
Postcard of Chitry, ca. 1900. Wikimedia.
Files
Collection
Citation
“Chitry,” A Premonstratensian Atlas, accessed October 16, 2026, https://yvonneseale.org/atlas/items/show/868.