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Église Saint-Martin

Jenzat, Allier, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (à l'exception du clocher) : classement par arrêté du 14 novembre 1923
Protection dates
1923/11/14 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 12e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Jenzat
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.16418, 3.19291
Mérimée reference
PA00093127

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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

Prieuré qui relevait de l'abbaye de Souvigny. Eglise construite du 10e au 11e siècle, remaniée et agrandie au 12e. Les murs de la nef et les transepts appartiennent à la première époque ; les piliers de la nef, les voûtes, les travées au-delà des transepts, les absidiolees appartiennent à la seconde. Le transept sud a été en partie reconstruit au 15e siècle. Les murs de la nef sont ornés de peintures du 15e siècle. Au 17e siècle, les absides ont été surélevées d'une maçonnerie pour les couvrir d'une toiture à deux versants. L'extérieur du chevet est orné de sculpture sur les corniches, les bandeaux, les archivoltes et les chapiteaux des colonnes des absidioles. Le clocher est moderne.

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Priory which was subject to the abbey of Souvigny. Church built from the 10th to the 11th century, modified and enlarged in the 12th. The walls of the nave and the transepts belong to the first period; the pillars of the nave, the vaults, the bays beyond the transepts, the absidioles belong to the second. The south transept was partly rebuilt in the 15th century. The walls of the nave are ornamented with paintings of the 15th century. In the 17th century, the apses were heightened with masonry to cover them with a roof of two slopes. The exterior of the chevet is ornamented with sculpture on the cornices, the bands, the archivolts and the capitals of the columns of the absidioles. The bell tower is modern.

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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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