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Église Saint-Loup

Sauviat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : classement par arrêté du 28 mars 1905
Protection dates
1905/03/28 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
14e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Sauviat
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.71528, 3.53311
Mérimée reference
PA00092414

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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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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le prieuré de Sauviat devait dater des premières années du 14e siècle et aurait été fondé par les moines de l'abbaye de Cluse en Piémont. Les bâtiments, qui se situaient au nord de l'église ont disparu, cette dernière étant le seul élément subsistant. L'édifice se compose d'une nef de cinq travées terminée par une abside à cinq pans. Les deux travées occidentales devaient être réservées aux laïques ; les trois autres étant réservées aux religieux et devaient communiquer avec le cloître par deux portes s'ouvrant au nord. Le mur nord de l'église est aveugle à l'endroit où se trouvait le monastère, et percé de rosaces dans les trois premières travées. Chapiteaux sculptés.

English translation

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The priory of Sauviat should date from the first years of the 14th century and would have been founded by the monks of the abbey of Cluse in Piedmont. The buildings, which were located to the north of the church have disappeared, the latter being the only surviving element. The building consists of a nave of five bays terminated by a five-sided apse. The two western bays would have been reserved for the laity; the other three being reserved for the religious and would have communicated with the cloister by two doors opening to the north. The north wall of the church is blank at the place where the monastery was located, and pierced by rosaces in the first three bays. Sculptured capitals.

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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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