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Église Saint-Maurice

Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat, Puy-de-Dôme, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Nef et deux chapelles attenantes avec leur décor de peintures murales (cad. AD 223) : inscription par arrêté du 26 novembre 1990
Protection dates
1990/11/26 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 15e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Maurice-près-Pionsat
Département
Puy-de-Dôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.06572, 2.59786
Mérimée reference
PA00092532

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1762 map "12 Evaux." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette église a subi aux 19e et 20e siècles, agrandissements et restaurations. Elle conserve toutefois une nef du 12e ou 13e siècle portant des traces de décors peints (croix de consécration, rosaces, bâtons rompus...). L'arc diaphragme qui sépare la nef du choeur, repose sur deux colonnes engagées surmontées de chapiteaux naïvement sculptés dans l'esprit roman. Le chapiteau nord est à crochets imitant les feuilles d'acanthes. Le chapiteau sud montre Adam et Eve commettant le pêché originel.

English translation

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This church underwent enlargements and restorations in the 19th and 20th centuries. It nevertheless preserves a nave of the 12th or 13th century bearing traces of painted decoration (consecration crosses, rosettes, broken staffs...). The diaphragm arch which separates the nave from the choir rests on two engaged columns surmounted by naively sculptured capitals in the Romanesque spirit. The north capital has hooks imitating acanthus leaves. The south capital shows Adam and Eve committing original sin.

Nearby in the register

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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