Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Hilaire et ancien monastère
Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église : classement par liste de 1862 - L'ancien monastère : classement par liste de 1889
- Protection dates
- 1862 : classé MH, 1889 : classé MH
- Type
- église, établissement conventuel
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Hilaire-la-Croix
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.04755, 3.04202
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092363
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise d'origine médiévale. A la naissance des arceaux, les chapiteaux figurent des têtes de lions, des personnages mi-hommes mi-animaux et autres animaux fantastiques entrelacés. Le portail nord, en forme de portique, s'orne de représentations de personnages.
English translation
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History
Church of medieval origin. At the springing of the arches, the capitals depict heads of lions, figures that are half-human half-animal and other fantastic interlaced animals. The north portal, in the form of a portico, is adorned with representations of figures.
Nearby in the register
- Châteauchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.