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Église Saint-Martial

Saint-Martial-Viveyrol, Dordogne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1926
Protection dates
1926/06/09 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Martial-Viveyrol
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.35698, 0.33905
Mérimée reference
PA00082869

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1779 map "70 Perigueux." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Edifice rectangulaire divisé en quatre travées inégales. La première travée supportant le clocher est barlongue et voûté en arc de cloître ogival. Les deux suivantes sont recouvertes de coupoles sur pendentifs. Au-dessus de la nef s'étend une vaste salle ouverte sur le dehors par de larges créneaux descendant jusqu'au sol. Des trous ménagés dans les murs permettaient d'établir des hourds en bois auxquels ces créneaux donnaient accès. Au-dessus du choeur, le sol s'abaisse d'environ trois mètres, formant ainsi une salle plus élevée pouvant servir de refuge. Le clocher semble dater du 14e siècle et est formé d'un rectangle.

English translation

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Rectangular building divided into four unequal bays. The first bay supporting the bell tower is oblong and vaulted with an ogival cloister arch. The following two are covered with domes on pendentives. Above the nave extends a vast room open to the outside by large crenellations descending to ground level. Holes made in the walls allowed wooden hoardings to be set up which these crenellations gave access to. Above the choir, the floor drops approximately three metres, thus forming a higher room which could serve as a refuge. The bell tower appears to date from the 14th century and is formed of a rectangle.

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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