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Restes de l'ancienne église de Bessay

Saint-Aubin-le-Monial, Allier, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (restes de l'ancienne) (cad. A 180) : inscription par arrêté du 18 juin 1973
Protection dates
1973/06/18 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Saint-Aubin-le-Monial
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.54913, 3.02586
Mérimée reference
PA00093261

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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

Reste d'une petite église romane, sans doute une travée latérale. Cet édifice était, au 13e siècle, entièrement revêtu de peintures figurant notamment la Vierge à l'Enfant au milieu de motifs décoratifs. Les piliers et les tympans étaient décorés de même. En 1733, installation d'une cure. Au cours du 18e siècle, l'église romane s'effondre. La tour du clocher s'élève au-dessus de la travée carrée du transept.

English translation

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Remains of a small Romanesque church, probably a lateral bay. This edifice was, in the 13th century, entirely covered with paintings depicting notably the Virgin and Child amid decorative motifs. The pillars and tympana were decorated in the same manner. In 1733, installation of a rectory. During the 18th century, the Romanesque church collapsed. The bell tower rises above the square bay of the transept.

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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