Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Fontaine du 12e siècle
Artonne, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Fontaine du 12e siècle, en contrebas de la place Principale : inscription par arrêté du 21 janvier 1926
- Protection dates
- 1926/01/21 : inscrit MH
- Type
- fontaine
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- ;
- Commune
- Artonne
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.00226, 3.14361
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091872
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailTexas A&M University LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "51 Gannat, St. Pourcain." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Fontaine publique de l'époque romane. Elle est formée d'un mur épais construit en grand appareil à taille en fougère. Le mur est encadré d'une grande arcade en plein cintre, en forme de boudin.
English translation
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History
Public fountain from the Romanesque period. It is formed of a thick wall constructed in large ashlar with fern-leaf tooling. The wall is framed by a large round arch, in the form of a convex moulding.
Nearby in the register
- Maison Treilhesmaisonunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Martinégliseunder 1 mi
- Fontaine du 12e sièclefontaineunder 1 mi
- Château du Vergerchâteauunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.