Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Mamert
Montel-de-Gelat, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. AR 22) : inscription par arrêté du 19 mars 1982
- Protection dates
- 1982/03/19 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Montel-de-Gelat
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.93708, 2.58210
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092201
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1763 map "13 Aubusson." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Suivant la tradition, l'église aurait été bâtie par Guillaume Aubert, seigneur du Montel-de-Gélat, à la demande de son frère, mort en 1362. Cet édifice du 14e siècle, ce qui présente en Auvergne une certaine rareté, comprend une nef sans collatéraux, un choeur à trois pans et deux chapelles latérales du 15e siècle formant faux transept. Son élément le plus remarquable est le portail principal qui présente une série d'arcatures retombant sur des colonnettes aux chapiteaux composés de têtes et de motifs floraux alternés. La tour du clocher a été ajoutée à l'époque moderne.
English translation
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History
According to tradition, the church would have been built by Guillaume Aubert, lord of Montel-de-Gélat, at the request of his brother, who died in 1362. This 14th century building, which presents a certain rarity in Auvergne, comprises a nave without aisles, a three-sided choir and two lateral chapels of the 15th century forming a false transept. Its most remarkable element is the main portal which presents a series of arcatures resting on small columns with capitals composed of heads and alternating floral motifs. The bell tower was added in the modern period.