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Église Notre-Dame

Marcillat-en-Combraille, Allier, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Clocher, abside et choeur : inscription par arrêté du 8 mai 1933
Protection dates
1933/05/08 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Marcillat-en-Combraille
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.16686, 2.63150
Mérimée reference
PA00093148

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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

Ne subsiste de l'église romane primitive que le transept sur lequel s'ouvrent deux absidioles en hémicycle encadrant une abside de même plan précédée d'une travée de choeur. Des berceaux couvrent le choeur et les croisillons. La croisée est couverte d'une coupole sur trompes. Le clocher, du 14e siècle, présente un étage octogonal, relié à une base carrée par des glacis d'angle. Il est percé sur chaque face de deux hautes baies en tiers point, encadrées par des colonnettes.

English translation

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Of the primitive Romanesque church there remains only the transept onto which open two absidioles in hemicycle framing an apse of the same plan preceded by a bay of choir. Barrel vaults cover the choir and the transepts. The crossing is covered by a dome on squinches. The bell tower, of the 14th century, presents an octagonal storey, linked to a square base by corner slopes. It is pierced on each face by two tall openings in pointed arch, framed by colonettes.

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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