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Église Saint-Sardos de Laurunque

Gavaudun, Lot-et-Garonne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Sardos de Laurunque : classement par arrêté du 3 septembre 1912
Protection dates
1912/09/03 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Gavaudun
Département
Lot-et-Garonne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.56559, 0.89097
Mérimée reference
PA00084132

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1628 map "Potamographie de Garone et des Fleuves qui Rendent Dedans." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Eglise de type roman agenais, mentionnée en 1153 lors de sa mise sous dépendance du monastère de Sarlat. Elle se composait primitivement d'une nef unique à trois travées, celle du milieu étant surmontée d'un clocher carré et voûtée d'une coupole en pendentifs. L'abside en cul de four est ornée de neuf arcatures. Les colonnettes supportant la saillie de ces arcatures, ainsi que les colonnes engagées recevant les retombées des formerets et des doubleaux, sont ornées de chapiteaux frustes. Le portail ouvert dans une saillie de maçonnerie renforçant le pignon occidental, offre une triple retraite. La décoration des chapiteaux et des arcs est formée d'éléments symboliques ou empruntés à l'Ancien Testament. A la fin du 15e siècle, deux chapelles latérales ont été ouvertes, formant transept.

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Church of the Agenais Romanesque type, mentioned in 1153 when it was placed under the dependence of the monastery of Sarlat. It originally consisted of a single nave of three bays, the middle one being surmounted by a square bell tower and vaulted with a pendentive dome. The apse in the form of a cul de four is decorated with nine arcatures. The small columns supporting the projection of these arcatures, as well as the engaged columns receiving the springing of the formeret and transverse ribs, are decorated with rough capitals. The portal opening in a projection of masonry reinforcing the western gable offers a triple recessed arch. The decoration of the capitals and arches is formed of symbolic elements or borrowed from the Old Testament. At the end of the 15th century, two lateral chapels were opened, forming a transept.

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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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