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Église Notre-Dame-de-Septembre

Montpensier, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 346) : inscription par arrêté du 28 décembre 1978
Protection dates
1978/12/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Montpensier
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.03301, 3.22453
Mérimée reference
PA00092206

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David 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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La paroisse comportait autrefois un prieuré qui fut donné en 1193 par le chapitre de Clermont au prieuré du Lac Rouge, à condition que soit construite une église. Cet édifice est un bon exemple de petite église rurale caractéristique de l'Auvergne romane, avec une nef relativement élevée voûtée en berceau accompagnée de collatéraux étroits voûtés en demi berceaux ; absence de transept. Une coupole sur trompe soutient le clocher (l'actuel, date du milieu du 19e siècle). Le chevet en hémicycle est flanqué de deux absidioles, peut-être postérieures. Le portail occidental a été supprimé.

English translation

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The parish formerly had a priory which was given in 1193 by the chapter of Clermont to the priory of Lac Rouge, on condition that a church be built. This edifice is a good example of a small rural church characteristic of Romanesque Auvergne, with a relatively high nave vaulted with a barrel vault accompanied by narrow aisles vaulted with half barrel vaults; absence of transept. A dome on squinch supports the bell tower (the present one dates from the middle of the 19th century). The chevet in hemicycle is flanked by two absidioles, perhaps later additions. The western portal has been removed.

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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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