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Église Saint-Martin de Tayac

Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise de Tayac : classement par arrêté du 10 avril 1895
Protection dates
1895/04/10 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Les Eyzies-de-Tayac-Sireuil
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.94397, 1.00519
Mérimée reference
PA00082538

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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

Eglise romane fortifiée à la fin du Moyen-Age avec tourelles et mâchicoulis. A l'angle sud du chevet, des encorbellements devaient supporter une échauguette. Deux escaliers dissimulés dans les murs et ayant leur entrée à deux mètres du sol, dont l'un conduit à la plateforme au-dessus du chevet, qui permet une surveillance des alentours. L'autre mène sur la voûte de la nef où la charpente forme un immense vaisseau pouvant abriter une grande multitude. Portail roman à voussure festonnée. Chevet rectangulaire.

English translation

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Romanesque church fortified at the end of the Middle Ages with turrets and machicolations. At the south angle of the chevet, corbelled projections were to support a watch turret. Two staircases concealed in the walls and having their entrance two metres from the ground, one of which leads to the platform above the chevet, which permits surveillance of the surroundings. The other leads onto the vault of the nave where the roof structure forms an immense vessel able to shelter a large multitude. Romanesque portal with scalloped voussure. Rectangular chevet.

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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