Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église et grotte de Jonas
Saint-Pierre-Colamine, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église et la grotte de Jonas : classement par arrêté du 12 juillet 1886
- Protection dates
- 1886/07/12 : classé MH
- Type
- église, grotte ornée
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Pierre-Colamine
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.54174, 2.99301
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092380
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 1712 map "Les Provinces et Gouvernemens Du Lionnois ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Grottes creusées dans la falaise en tuf et habitées jusqu'en 1706, comprenant une chapelle, une boulangerie et un château. La chapelle remonte au 9e siècle. Sept colonnes soutiennent des arcades en plein cintre. Sur les murs, peintures du 11e siècle illustrant la Passion du Christ.
English translation
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History
Caves hollowed out in the tuff cliff and inhabited until 1706, comprising a chapel, a bakery and a castle. The chapel dates to the 9th century. Seven columns support round-arch arcades. On the walls, paintings from the 11th century illustrating the Passion of Christ.
Nearby in the register
- Dolmen du Lacdolmenunder 1 mi
- Château de Cotteugeschâteauunder 1 mi
- Deux croix de chemincroix de chemin1 mi
- Château de Saint-Diérychâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.