Work still goes on at the Church, in Tocqueville. After the restoration of the statue of the Sacred Heart, at the top of the west pinion, followed by the installation of new lighting, the painting The Sacrifice of Abraham , classified as historical monument, has been back in the church on January 2020. It went throught a long “cure of youth” in Agnes Archimbaud’s workshop, restorer of paintings at Villedieu-les-Poêles.
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A new lightning
Work continues in the church in Tocqueville. After the restoration of the Sacred Heart statue, the installation of a new indirect lighting based on 26 Led projectors has just been completed, carried out by a local electricity company. It replaces the previous installation, which was completely failing; only one in six ceiling lights was still working, the others were unattainable, preventing the replacement of the bulbs. The new lighting allows a beautiful enhancement of the building, with four independent areas: each of the two chapels, the choir, the nave and aisles. It also provides, from the outside, a good night vision of the stained glass windows.
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