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Église d'Urval

Le Buisson-de-Cadouin, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise d'Urval : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1926
Protection dates
1926/06/09 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Le Buisson-de-Cadouin
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.81292, 0.94704
Mérimée reference
PA00082419

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église se compose de deux travées rectangulaires, l'une plus vaste formant la nef, l'autre plus étroite et ornée d'arcatures formant le sanctuaire. Ces arcatures retombent sur des colonnes en marbre noir. Les chapiteaux supportant la retombée de l'arc triomphal sont ornés de feuillages et d'entrelacs dans le style du 12e siècle. Au-dessus de la nef s'élève un logis en forme de tour carrée percée de meurtrières. Le chevet porte une surélévation également destinée à faire de l'église une forteresse.

English translation

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The church consists of two rectangular bays, one larger forming the nave, the other narrower and adorned with arcading forming the sanctuary. These arcades rest on columns of black marble. The capitals supporting the springing of the triumphal arch are adorned with foliage and interlace in the style of the 12th century. Above the nave rises a dwelling in the form of a square tower pierced with loopholes. The chevet bears an elevation also intended to make the church a fortress.

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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