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Église Saint-Martin

Rosières, Haute-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Abside : inscription par arrêté du 23 septembre 1949
Protection dates
1949/09/23 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Rosières
Département
Haute-Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.13305, 3.98749
Mérimée reference
PA00092822

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "88 St.-Etienne, St.-Marcellin." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

De l'église construite au 12e siècle ne subsite que l'abside polygonale accolée à un édifice moderne. Remaniée au 16e siècle, l'édifice a été démoli en 1896. L'abside est à cinq pans à l'extérieur, et circulaire à l'intérieur. Quelques modillons de la corniche sont sculptés de têtes d'hommes et d'animaux. Les archivoltes sont toutes différentes et reposent sur des colonnettes dont l'astragale est pris dans le fût. Certains chapiteaux sont remarquables, comme celui de Saint-Michel terrassant le dragon.

English translation

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Of the church built in the 12th century only the polygonal apse attached to a modern building survives. Modified in the 16th century, the building was demolished in 1896. The apse has five sides on the exterior, and is circular on the interior. A few corbels of the cornice are sculpted with heads of men and animals. The archivolts are all different and rest on small columns whose astragal is taken into the shaft. Some capitals are remarkable, such as that of Saint-Michel vanquishing the dragon.

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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