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Église Saint-Martin

Louroux-Bourbonnais, Allier, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 21 octobre 1926
Protection dates
1926/10/21 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Louroux-Bourbonnais
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.53363, 2.84000
Mérimée reference
PA00093141

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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

Eglise rurale des 11e et 12e siècles, à nef unique voûtée en tiers point. Clocher avec un premier étage de couverture de plan carré et le second sur plan octogonal. Abside circulaire percée de trois ouvertures séparées par des arcatures en mitre, aveugles. Modillons à copeaux sous la corniche. Porche saillant avec trois archivoltes sur colonnettes. Les cintres des voussures des fenêtres de la nef sont, à l'extérieur, entourés d'un cordon de billettes qui affecte la forme carrée, disposition unique en Bourbonnais. A l'intérieur, ces ouvertures sont flanquées de deux colonnettes dégagées.

English translation

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Rural church of the 11th and 12th centuries, with a single nave vaulted in pointed arch. Bell tower with a first stage of covering on a square plan and the second on an octagonal plan. Circular apse pierced by three openings separated by arcatures in mitre, blind. Modillions with scrolls under the cornice. Projecting porch with three archivolts on small columns. The soffits of the voussures of the windows of the nave are, on the exterior, surrounded by a row of billets which takes a square form, a unique arrangement in Bourbonnais. Inside, these openings are flanked by two disengaged small columns.

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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