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Église Saint-Martin

Bellenaves, Allier, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : classement par arrêté du 8 juillet 1911
Protection dates
1911/07/08 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 16e siècle, 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Bellenaves
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.19962, 3.07837
Mérimée reference
PA00092990

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Carte du Pais de Bourbonois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice de style roman auvergnat, dont la nef est voûtée en berceau, les bas-côtés en quart de cercle, l'abside et les chapelles latérales voûtées en cul-de-four. Clocher gothique. La façade présente un tympan sculpté d'une Cène pouvant remonter au 13e siècle. La coupole et le clocher qui la surmonte sont une transition entre le 12e et le 13e siècle.

English translation

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Building in Auvergnat Romanesque style, of which the nave is vaulted with a barrel vault, the aisles with a quarter circle, the apse and the lateral chapels vaulted with a half-dome vault. Gothic bell tower. The façade presents a tympanum sculpted with a Last Supper which may date to the 13th century. The dome and the bell tower which surmounts it are a transition between the 12th and 13th centuries.

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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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