Notre-Dame-de-Jérusalem, Fréjus

Inspired by the Torcello Cathedral and the Pantheon, Triquenot designed an octagonal chapel with large walls to accommodate the frescoes and an oculus.^[4]

From the entrance door, the frescoes of the chapel revolve around the theme of the Passion of Jesus Christ. At the Last Supper, Cocteau gave the 12 apostles his face and the face of his close relatives: Jean Marais, Coco Chanel, Max Jacob, Édouard Dermit, and Francine Weisweiller.^[8] Knights of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre are represented on the stained glass of the entrance door and above it. Cocteau also reinterpreted the coat of arms of the Order. A farandole symbolizing the resurrection surrounds the oculus of the rotunda.

The stained glass windows and the floor covered with blue ceramics, evoking the Mediterranean Sea, are the creation of Roger Pélissier.^[2] The floor is decorated with a Jerusalem cross and the motto of the Crusaders: "Dieu le veut" (God wills it).^[8] The ambulatory is decorated with 6 mosaics made in 1992 from Cocteau's drawings, with the tiles made of pâte de verre from Murano. A red Jerusalem cross, whose 5 wings symbolize the 5 wounds of Christ, is placed on the top of the chapel roof.

The chapel has been listed on the supplementary inventory of historical monuments since 20 January 1989.^[9] It was acquired by the City of Fréjus in 1989 and became a museum after its restoration soon after.

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