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Ancienne église Sainte-Marie

Chauriat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (ancienne) : inscription par arrêté du 17 juillet 1926
Protection dates
1926/07/17 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Chauriat
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.75066, 3.27969
Mérimée reference
PA00091975

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Autrefois église paroissiale, cet édifice de style roman auvergnat retient l'attention par les qualités architecturales intérieures de l'abside et des chapelles en cul-de-four. Le choeur de l'édifice est orné de colonnes dont de nombreux chapiteaux sont encore intacts. Les voûtes et la coupole du transept sont en parfait état. L'édifice roman a été très modifié au 18e siècle, après sa désaffection. L'église servait au prieur du lieu, dépendant du prieuré des Bénédictins de Sauxillanges ; transformée en grange en 1793. £Plan en croix latine, comprenant une nef principale de trois travées flanquée de bas-côtés. Un transept assez saillant suit, formé d'une croisée marquée par deux croisillons dont chacun est muni d'une chapelle ronde orientée. Présence d'une crypte.

English translation

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Formerly a parish church, this building of Auvergnat Romanesque style attracts attention through the interior architectural qualities of the apse and the chapels in cul-de-four. The choir of the building is decorated with columns, many of whose capitals are still intact. The vaults and the dome of the transept are in perfect condition. The Romanesque building was greatly modified in the 18th century, after its deconsecration. The church served the prior of the place, dependent on the priory of the Benedictines of Sauxillanges; converted into a barn in 1793. Latin cross plan, comprising a principal nave of three bays flanked by aisles. A fairly projecting transept follows, formed by a crossing marked by two transepts each of which is fitted with an oriented round chapel. Presence of a crypt.

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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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