Church "Sainte-Marie Madeleine"

Completed in 1872, the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene presents a beautiful architectural unity. It houses a set of 7 paintings by the painter Daniel Sarrabat, dedicated to Mary Magdalene, patron saint of the town.
Visits for groups by appointment.
Located in the rue de l'Hôtel de Ville, the first church of Sainte Marie Madeleine was the former chapel of the castle, dedicated first to St Sébastien, then to Ste Madeleine. We do not know the date of its construction but it was rebuilt in 1611 and 1699.
Messier Girié, priest and principal of the college, obtained in 1691 that this chapel was erected as a parish church and he became the first parish priest.
In 1830, the project to build a new parish church was born. The 19th century taste for vast sanctuaries was reinforced by the damage inflicted by the disastrous flood of 1840.
The site was found on Rue du Four (now Rue de l'Eglise) and the architect Berthier, who had already built the churches of Saint-Pierre de Mâcon and Mogneneins, was called in. The plans were drawn up in the Romanesque style, in agreement with the parish priest Pascal, who in 1867 laid the first stone and in 1872 the construction of the church was practically completed, only the bell tower and the spire were not yet built.
The church of Thoissey was renovated in 2007 and now hosts, in the ambulatory, the recently restored works of Daniel Sarrabat.