Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Spéluque

The Notre-Dame de Spéluque chapel, located in the commune of Ampus in the Var, dates back to the 10th century.

The complex was a priory of the abbey of Lérins until the Revolution. According to the local historian Marcel Faure, the basilica was consecrated on January 10, 1090 by Bérenger III, bishop of Fréjus. Speluca name given to Saint Victor by Bertran de Saint-Martin bishop of Fréjus united to the collegiate church of Pignans then given to the Oratorians of Cotignac.

During the Revolution, this chapel, Beate Marie de Speluca as it was called in the old texts, also known today as the Chapel of Our Lady of the Plan, was sold as "national property" and acquired by Madame d'Autran and then bought back by the Jerphanion family.

Following the favorable opinion of the Regional Commission for Historical, Archaeological and Ethnological Heritage of September 4, 1985, an order of January 21, 1986 was issued by the Prefect of the region for the inscription on the supplementary inventory of historical monuments of the Chapel of Notre-Dame-de-Spéluque, known as the Chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Plan. Finally, following the favorable opinion of the Superior Commission of Historic Monuments of January 15, 1990, a partial classification under the law of December 31, 1913 on historic monuments was made by ministerial order of June 26, 1990.

The adjoining hermitage to the south, including the chevet, built more recently, is not included in the protection.