Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Hilaire
Beaumont, Haute-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 67) : inscription par arrêté du 20 mars 1969
- Protection dates
- 1969/03/20 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Beaumont
- Département
- Haute-Loire
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.31249, 3.34263
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092598
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1769 map "53 Brioude, Issoire." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La mention "Ecclesia de Bello Monte" apparaît en 1180. Edifice d'époque romane auquel ont été ajoutées des chapelles au 15e siècle. Une coupole sur trompes couvre la seconde travée de la nef, avec pilastres de brèches polychromes et l'arc également composé. Cette église rustique appartient à un type régional bien défini. Elle a conservé quelques chapiteaux historiés ainsi que quelques éléments de peintures murales.
English translation
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History
The mention "Ecclesia de Bello Monte" appears in 1180. Building from the Romanesque period to which chapels were added in the 15th century. A dome on squinches covers the second bay of the nave, with polychrome rubble stone pilasters and the arch likewise composed. This rustic church belongs to a well-defined regional type. It has preserved some historiated capitals as well as some elements of mural paintings.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Paulhacchâteauunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Jean-Baptisteégliseunder 1 mi
- Fontaine Saint-Julienfontaine2 mi
- Ancien hôtel Talayrathôtel2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.