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Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité

Cantillac, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 106) : inscription par arrêté du 23 novembre 1970
Protection dates
1970/11/23 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Cantillac
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.39610, 0.64225
Mérimée reference
PA00082429

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1711 map "Le Gouvernement General De Guinne et Gascogne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église est assez typique des petits édifices de cette région, composée d'une nef unique ouvrant sur le massif carré d'une tour et terminée par un choeur en cul de four. L'ensemble date du 12e siècle, la tour formant transept est voûtée intérieurement d'une coupole sur pendentif. Choeur et coupole ont conservé leur caractère d'origine. Le clocher s'élève à l'avant du choeur, le sommet ayant été abaissé. Le porche roman a été modifié dans sa partie haute au 17e siècle.

English translation

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The church is fairly typical of the small buildings of this region, composed of a single nave opening onto the square mass of a tower and terminated by a choir in the form of a half-dome. The whole dates from the 12th century, the tower forming the transept is vaulted internally with a cupola on pendentive. Choir and cupola have retained their original character. The bell tower rises before the choir, the summit having been lowered. The Romanesque porch was modified in its upper part in the 17th century.

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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