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Église Sainte-Radegonde

Cognat-Lyonne, Allier, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'église : classement par liste de 1862
Protection dates
1862 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Cognat-Lyonne
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.10545, 3.29826
Mérimée reference
PA00093064

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1767 map "51 Gannat, St. Pourcain." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Edifice du milieu du 12e siècle, composé d'une nef avec transept se terminant par une abside et deux absidioles formant chapelle. La flèche en pierre surmontant le clocher a été détruite dans sa partie haute à la fin du 18e siècle. L'église se trouve en un lieu où se déroula un important fait d'armes pendant les guerres de Religion dans le Bourbonnais, le 6 janvier 1588, suite auquel le château et l'église auraient été brûlés par les Protestants.

English translation

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Building of the mid-12th century, composed of a nave with transept terminating in an apse and two absidioles forming a chapel. The stone spire surmounting the bell tower was destroyed in its upper part at the end of the 18th century. The church stands in a place where an important feat of arms took place during the Wars of Religion in the Bourbonnais, on 6 January 1588, following which the château and the church are said to have been burned by the Protestants.

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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