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Chapelle Notre-Dame

Coulaures, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle Notre-Dame : inscription par arrêté du 11 mai 1938
Protection dates
1938/05/11 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Coulaures
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.30639, 0.98118
Mérimée reference
PA00082501

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1703 map "Map of the Geography of Ancient France). (continued.)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Chapelle de plan rectangulaire avec, au fond, un mur de refend pour faire la sacristie. Autrefois, la façade était occupée par deux arcades des deux côtés de la porte centrale. Les arcs ogivaux retombaient sur un pilier central remplacé par la porte. Ces deux baies restaient complètement ouvertes, fermées par une simple grille. Cela permettait aux pèlerins, obligés de rester sur la place à cause de l'exigüité, de suivre les cérémonies de l'intérieur. Cette chapelle a été édifiée sur le voeu d'un marin qui était menacé de naufrage au 13e siècle. Elle fut emportée par les eaux au cours d'une grande inondation au 15e siècle, et relevée quelques temps après.

English translation

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Chapel of rectangular plan with, at the far end, a partition wall to make the sacristy. Formerly, the facade was occupied by two arcades on either side of the central door. The pointed arches rested on a central pillar replaced by the door. These two openings remained completely open, closed by a simple grille. This allowed pilgrims, obliged to remain in the square because of the narrowness, to follow the ceremonies from inside. This chapel was built on the vow of a sailor who was threatened with shipwreck in the 13th century. It was carried away by the waters during a great flood in the 15th century, and raised some time after.

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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