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Église Saint-Bonnet

Orléat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. G 292) : inscription par arrêté du 16 mars 1976
Protection dates
1976/03/16 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Orléat
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.86114, 3.42176
Mérimée reference
PA00092232

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église se compose d'une abside romane, d'une nef et de collatéraux du 15e siècle ainsi que d'un clocher dont la partie haute est du 19e siècle. Plan à trois vaisseaux (nef et deux collatéraux) et chapelle axiale (vaisseau droit prolongé d'une abside semi-circulaire). Le choeur possède une abside en cul-de-four à chapiteaux sculptés. Culots sculptés dans la première travée de la nef. Le voûtement de la nef est caractéristique du 15e siècle.

English translation

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The church comprises a Romanesque apse, a nave and side aisles of the 15th century as well as a bell tower whose upper part is of the 19th century. Plan with three vessels (nave and two side aisles) and axial chapel (straight vessel extended by a semi-circular apse). The choir has a cul-de-four apse with sculpted capitals. Sculpted corbels in the first bay of the nave. The vaulting of the nave is characteristic of the 15th century.

Nearby in the register

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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