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Chapelle Saint-Sauveur

Tende, Alpes-Maritimes, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle (cad. BC 87) : classement par arrêté du 26 mai 2000
Protection dates
2000/05/26 : classé MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
14e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Tende
Département
Alpes-Maritimes
Region
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Country
France
Coordinates
44.08872, 7.58790
Mérimée reference
PA00080879

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IGN France — Géoportail

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(87) Pedemontanae." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La chapelle est un modeste édifice constitué d'une nef rectangulaire voûtée en berceau et d'une abside en cul-de-four, le tout couvert de lauzes. Son parti est encore roman, mais la construction n'est pas antérieure au début du 14e siècle. Elle a été sauvée de la ruine par une importante campagne de travaux, réalisée en 1988-1989. En 1982, découverte d'un décor peint caché sous les badigeons et couvrant à l'origine tout l'intérieur. Ces peintures, très lacunaires, sont à peu près contemporaines de l'édifice.

English translation

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The chapel is a modest building consisting of a rectangular nave vaulted with a barrel vault and an apse in a cul-de-four, all covered with stone slabs. Its design is still Romanesque, but the construction is not earlier than the beginning of the 14th century. It was saved from ruin by an important campaign of works, executed in 1988-1989. In 1982, discovery of a painted decoration hidden under plaster and originally covering the entire interior. These paintings, very fragmented, are roughly contemporary with the building.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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