Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Fontaine Saint-Julien
Brioude, Haute-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Fontaine Saint-Julien (cad. AS 46) : inscription par arrêté du 27 décembre 1972
- Protection dates
- 1972/12/27 : inscrit MH
- Type
- fontaine
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Address
- avenue d'Auvergne
- Commune
- Brioude
- Département
- Haute-Loire
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.30822, 3.37523
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092617
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
D'après la légende, la fontaine aurait été établie à l'emplacement de la décollation de Saint-Julien. Les chapiteaux pourraient remonter au 10e siècle et appartenir à une chapelle ou a une autre fontaine, d'après les représentations de la fontaine au 19e siècle, sur lesquelles elle apparaît différemment.
English translation
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History
According to legend, the fountain would have been established at the location of the beheading of Saint Julian. The capitals could date back to the 10th century and belong to a chapel or another fountain, according to representations of the fountain in the 19th century, in which it appears differently.
Nearby in the register
- Hôtel Tabarthôtel1 mi
- Ancien hôtel Talayrathôtel1 mi
- Maison du 15e sièclemaison1 mi
- Basilique Saint-Julienbasilique1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.