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Église Saint-Léger et ancien prieuré

Royat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise et ancien prieuré : classement par liste de 1862
Protection dates
1862 : classé MH
Type
église, prieuré
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 13e siècle, 14e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Royat
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.76491, 3.04965
Mérimée reference
PA00092332

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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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Eglise en forme de croix latine, avec abside carrée et crypte sous le sanctuaire. Le prieuré, construit au nord de l'église, entoure de trois côtés une cour rectangulaire qui contenait sans doute un cloître aujourd'hui détruit. Les parties les plus anciennes de l'église et du prieuré remontent à la fin du 11e ou au début du 12e siècle. Des restaurations successives ont été entreprises aux 13e, 14e et 15e siècle.

English translation

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Church in the form of a Latin cross, with square apse and crypt beneath the sanctuary. The priory, built north of the church, surrounds on three sides a rectangular courtyard which doubtless contained a cloister today destroyed. The oldest parts of the church and priory date back to the end of the 11th or beginning of the 12th century. Successive restorations were undertaken in the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries.

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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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