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Église Saint-Bonnet

Saint-Bonnet-de-Four, Allier, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 518) : inscription par arrêté du 26 novembre 1968
Protection dates
1968/11/26 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 14e siècle, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Bonnet-de-Four
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.31243, 2.91038
Mérimée reference
PA00093262

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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 d'époque romane pour les deux premières travées de la nef, la travée sous le clocher, le choeur, les bas-côtés nord ; du 14e siècle pour le clocher ; du 16e siècle pour la chapelle sud. La deuxième travée devait former le choeur de l'église primitive. Des chapiteaux ont leurs corbeilles ornées de quadrupèdes, de masques humains ou animaliers surmontant des sortes de silhouettes faites de deux triangles, de croix, de fleurs de lys... L'abside en hémicycle comporte un cul-de-four. Le clocher comporte un massif carré d'époque romane relié par des glacis d'angle à un étage octogone du 14e siècle, percé sur chaque face d'une fenêtre à deux baies géminées surmontées d'un quatrefeuille sous un cordon d'archivolte, de tracé brisé, reçu sur culots. Edifice mi-auvergnat, mi-bourbonnais.

English translation

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Church of Romanesque period for the first two bays of the nave, the bay under the bell tower, the choir, the north aisles; of the 14th century for the bell tower; of the 16th century for the south chapel. The second bay must have formed the choir of the primitive church. Capitals have their baskets ornamented with quadrupeds, human or animal masks surmounting sorts of silhouettes made of two triangles, crosses, fleurs-de-lis... The semicircular apse comprises a half-dome. The bell tower comprises a square mass of Romanesque period linked by corner glacis to an octagonal storey of the 14th century, pierced on each face by a window with two geminate bays surmounted by a quatrefoil under a cordon of archivolt, of pointed outline, received on corbels. Building half-Auvergnat, half-Bourbonnais.

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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