Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Urbain
Vézac, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. A 776) : inscription par arrêté du 15 février 1974
- Protection dates
- 1974/02/15 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Vézac
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.83519, 1.16534
- Mérimée reference
- PA00083059
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Aquitania" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'édifice actuel présente trois époques de construction : le choeur du 12e siècle, les deux chapelles et la nef du 14e siècle, le clocher moderne. Le choeur est plus bas que la nef et ouvre par un arc triomphal. Le clocher moderne a été remonté sur la façade ouest. Le portail ouvre sur la face sud sous un arc en anse de panier, encadré de deux pilastres décorés de macles et supportant un entablement nu. Choeur, chapelles et une partie de la nef sont ouverts en lauzes, le reste en ardoise.
English translation
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History
The present building displays three periods of construction: the choir of the 12th century, the two chapels and the nave of the 14th century, the modern bell tower. The choir is lower than the nave and opens through a triumphal arch. The modern bell tower was re-erected on the west façade. The portal opens on the south face under a basket-handle arch, framed by two pilasters decorated with macles and supporting a bare entablature. Choir, chapels and part of the nave are covered with slates, the rest with slate.
Nearby in the register
- Grotte du Rocgrotte ornéeunder 1 mi
- Église de Saint-Julienéglise1 mi
- Château de Beynacchâteau1 mi
- Église de Beynacéglise1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.