Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
église Saint-Étienne
Gannat, Allier, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Etienne : classement par arrêté du 25 avril 1944
- Protection dates
- 1944/04/25 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 14e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Gannat
- Département
- Allier
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.10305, 3.18961
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093108
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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
Edifice fortement remanié à différentes époques. Les bras du transept sont attribués au 11e siècle, ainsi que le début de la nef. Deux piliers de la nef et des chapelles adossées au bas-côté sud et le porche, remontent au 12e siècle. L'abside est de la fin du 12e siècle. Les chapelles adossées au bas-côté nord furent construites au 17e siècle. Les bas-côtés sont voûtés en demi cercle. Il subsiste des traces de peintures murales sur les arcs des bas-côtés.
English translation
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History
Building substantially altered at different periods. The transept arms are attributed to the 11th century, as is the beginning of the nave. Two pillars of the nave and chapels attached to the south aisle and the porch date to the 12th century. The chevet is from the end of the 12th century. The chapels attached to the north aisle were built in the 17th century. The aisles are vaulted in a semicircle. Traces of wall paintings remain on the arches of the aisles.
Nearby in the register
- Ancien châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Église Sainte-Croixégliseunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Jameségliseunder 1 mi
- Château de la Mottechâteau1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.