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Ancienne Chapelle des Dames-de-la-Foi, ou des Mirepoises

Sarlat-la-Canéda, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle des Dames-de-la-Foi, ou des Mirepoises (ancienne) (cad. H 434) : inscription par arrêté du 29 juillet 1963
Protection dates
1963/07/29 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
15 rue Fènelon
Commune
Sarlat-la-Canéda
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.89031, 1.21814
Mérimée reference
PA00082917

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David 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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construite au début du 18e siècle pour les religieuses de la Foi, dites également Mirepoises, cette chapelle fut désaffectée à la Révolution. Les Dames de la Foi avaient été fondées au 17e siècle sur demande de monseigneur François de Salignac Fénelon, évêque de Sarlat, par une veuve Baillot de Lagadou, afin de parfaire l'éducation religieuse des jeunes protestantes converties. Cet ordre disparut à la Révolution. L'édifice a été détruit par un incendie en 1964.

English translation

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Built in the early 18th century for the nuns of the Faith, also called Mirepoises, this chapel was deconsecrated at the Revolution. The Dames de la Foi had been founded in the 17th century at the request of Monsignor François de Salignac Fénelon, bishop of Sarlat, by a widow Baillot de Lagadou, in order to perfect the religious education of young Protestant converts. This order disappeared at the Revolution. The building was destroyed by fire in 1964.

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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