TreeAlive
‹ Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques, France

Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France

Église Notre-Dame de la Nativité de Cenac

Cénac-et-Saint-Julien, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise de Cenac : classement par arrêté du 12 août 1987
Protection dates
1987/08/12 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
Cénac
Commune
Cénac-et-Saint-Julien
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.80049, 1.19716
Mérimée reference
PA00082456

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1785 map "35 Sarlat." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

Get directions ↗

This record on the Ministère de la Culture's POP platform ↗

The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice du 12e siècle ayant subi les aléas des guerres de Religion, dont il ne reste que le transept, le choeur et deux adsidioles. Le choeur est décoré de colonnes, couronnées par des chapiteaux richement sculptées, qui supportent une série d'arcatures sur lesquelles retombe la voûte de l'abside. Sur la croisée du transept s'élevait une tour carrée éclairée par des fenêtres à plein cintre dont il ne reste que des traces, suite aux restaurations exécutées au 14e siècle. De même, les bras du transept étaient couverts autrefois par une voûte en berceau.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

Building from the 12th century having suffered the vicissitudes of the Wars of Religion, of which there remain only the transept, the choir and two apsidioles. The choir is decorated with columns, crowned by richly sculpted capitals, which support a series of arcatures on which falls the vault of the apse. On the crossing of the transept stood a square tower lit by windows with round arch of which only traces remain, following the restorations carried out in the 14th century. Similarly, the arms of the transept were formerly covered by a barrel vault.

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
See your own family's places on a living map