Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne abbaye
Ligueux, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Ensemble des vestiges : inscription par arrêté du 23 mai 1951
- Protection dates
- 1951/05/23 : inscrit MH
- Type
- abbaye
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Ligueux
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.31026, 0.81945
- Mérimée reference
- PA00082613
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Abbaye du 12e siècle, monastère de Bénédictines. Des reliques remises par Charlemagne y étaient vénérées. Chapelle à quatre coupoles, une abside et deux absidioles. Porche roman à pointes de diamant. Tous les corbeaux sont ornés de figures humaines. Pas de transept. La partie du mur dans laquelle s'ouvre le portail, est ornée de niches vides. L'originalité de ce portail vient de ce qu'il est en bois. Il reste quelques murailles ruinées et le puits de l'ancien couvent.
English translation
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History
Abbey of the 12th century, monastery of Benedictine nuns. Relics given by Charlemagne were venerated there. Chapel with four domes, an apse and two absidioles. Romanesque porch with diamond points. All the corbels are decorated with human figures. No transept. The part of the wall in which the portal opens is decorated with empty niches. The originality of this portal comes from the fact that it is in wood. There remain some ruined walls and the well of the old convent.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.