Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Genès
Thiers, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Genès : classement par liste de 1846
- Protection dates
- 1846 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle
- Commune
- Thiers
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.85333, 3.54829
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092431
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 1776 map "52 Clermont." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le premier édifice remontait au 6e siècle. L'église actuelle date du 12e siècle et conserve les restes d'un pavement médiéval en mosaïque découvert en 1863.
English translation
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History
The first building dated from the 6th century. The present church dates from the 12th century and preserves the remains of a medieval mosaic pavement discovered in 1863.
Nearby in the register
- Ancienne chapelle de la Clôtrachapelleunder 1 mi
- Maison d'angle à pans de boismaisonunder 1 mi
- Maison dite de l'Homme des Boismaisonunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.