Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Riotord, Haute-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Chapiteaux sculptés : inscription par arrêté du 9 janvier 1926
- Protection dates
- 1926/01/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Riotord
- Département
- Haute-Loire
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.23143, 4.40117
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092818
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "88 St.-Etienne, St.-Marcellin." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église du 13e siècle est remarquable par son portail et les chapiteaux surmontant les colonnes à l'intérieur et qui représentent des animaux de style gréco-romain (école italienne).
English translation
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History
The 13th-century church is remarkable for its portal and the capitals crowning the columns inside, which represent animals in Greco-Roman style (Italian school).
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.