Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Sainte-Eulalie
Saint-Aulaye, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Sainte-Eulalie : inscription par arrêté du 22 juin 1946
- Protection dates
- 1946/06/22 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Aulaye
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.20603, 0.13772
- Mérimée reference
- PA00082807
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 1714 map "Bourdelois du Perigord." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Monument appartenant au roman charentais. Le porche comprend six arcs en plein cintre, reposant sur sept colonnes dont les chapiteaux sont à entrelacs ou à personnages grotesques. Un fronton triangulaire surmonté d'un croix, termine la façade. Clocher carré posé sur le transept. Choeur roman composé de deux colonnes formant six arcs. Les chapiteaux représentent des combats de monstres, oiseaux fantastiques, personnages ainsi que des entrelacs.
English translation
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History
Monument belonging to Charente Romanesque. The porch comprises six round arches, resting on seven columns whose capitals are decorated with interlace or grotesque figures. A triangular pediment surmounted by a cross terminates the facade. Square bell tower placed on the transept. Romanesque choir composed of two columns forming six arches. The capitals represent combats of monsters, fantastic birds, figures as well as interlace.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Pauléglise2 mi
- Église Saint-Pierre et Sainte-Radegondeéglise2 mi
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
- Église Saint-Vincentéglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.