Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Symphorien
Biozat, Allier, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : classement par liste de 1862
- Protection dates
- 1862 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Dates
- 1140
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Biozat
- Département
- Allier
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.07840, 3.27084
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093007
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "51 Gannat, St. Pourcain." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église se situait dans l'enclave du château, dont les seigneurs étaient les premiers vassaux des ducs de Montpensier, incendié en 1369. Des démolitions trouvées au cours des fouilles de la façade au 19e siècle, permettent de supposer qu'elle était attenante au château. La construction de l'église, de style roman, remonte au 12e siècle (1140). Au 19e siècle, des peintures murales ont été retrouvées sous les badigeons, représentant des saints (martyrs de saint-Sébastien et de saint-Etienne) et diverses ornementations.
English translation
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History
The church was situated in the enclave of the castle, whose lords were the first vassals of the dukes of Montpensier, burnt in 1369. From demolitions found in the course of excavations of the façade in the 19th century, it is possible to suppose that it was attached to the castle. The construction of the church, of Romanesque style, dates back to the 12th century (1140). In the 19th century, wall paintings were found beneath the whitewash, representing saints (martyrs of Saint-Sebastian and Saint-Stephen) and various ornamentations.
Nearby in the register
- Borne milliaire romaine et pierre celtiquemilliaireunder 1 mi
- Château de Denonechâteau2 mi
- Château de Fontnoblechâteau2 mi
- Abbaye de Pont-Ratierabbaye2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.