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Église Saint-Martin

Festalemps, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 17 décembre 1947
Protection dates
1947/12/17 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Festalemps
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.22702, 0.24124
Mérimée reference
PA00082558

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1714 map "Bourdelois du Perigord." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Porche et nef refaits. Clocher tronqué sur coupole. Choeur voûté en cul de four. A l'intérieur, les colonnes de la coupole reposent sur une banquette et leur base sculptée présente des colonnettes romanes jumelées. La coupole repose sur un bandeau en relief.

English translation

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Porch and nave remade. Bell tower truncated on dome. Choir vaulted with apse vault. Inside, the columns of the dome rest on a bench and their sculpted base presents paired Romanesque colonnettes. The dome rests on a relief band.

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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