Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
église Saint-Étienne
Saint-Etienne-de-Vicq, Allier, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : classement par arrêté du 14 janvier 1932
- Protection dates
- 1932/01/14 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Etienne-de-Vicq
- Département
- Allier
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.17635, 3.53344
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093270
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Carte du Pais de Bourbonois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église romane comporte une nef voûtée en berceau plein cintre avec bas-côtés voûtés en quart de cercle. Après le choeur, le sanctuaire forme une abside demi circulaire. L'arc triomphal retombe sur deux colonnes aux chapiteaux ornés de personnages avec taillons à billettes. Clocher circulaire unique en son genre dans le département, avec une base de départ carrée, datant sans doute du 12e siècle. Il s'agit de l'ancienne chapelle du château, agrandie pour les besoins de la paroisse.
English translation
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History
The Romanesque church comprises a nave with a barrel vault round arch and aisles with quarter-circle vaults. After the choir, the sanctuary forms a semicircular apse. The triumphal arch rests on two columns with capitals ornamented with figures with billeted abacuses. A unique circular bell tower of its kind in the department, with a square base, dating probably from the 12th century. This is the former chapel of the castle, enlarged for the needs of the parish.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.