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Église Saint-Placide

Saint-Plaisir, Allier, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 28 décembre 1926
Protection dates
1926/12/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle, 14e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Plaisir
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.62262, 2.96879
Mérimée reference
PA00093282

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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 à trois nefs terminée par un chevet carré, le clocher étant élevé au-dessus de la dernière travée de la nef. Au 14e siècle, construction de deux chapelles de chaque côté du chevet. Le portail d'entrée se compose de trois archivoltes plein cintre, moulurées de gorges et de tores, que reçoivent de chaque côté trois colonnes. L'édifice a été voûté en tiers point postérieurement à sa construction. Les bas-côtés sont voûtés d'arêtes. Les arcs retombent sur des impostes chanfreinées.

English translation

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Church with three naves terminated by a square chevet, the bell tower being raised above the last bay of the nave. In the 14th century, construction of two chapels on each side of the chevet. The entrance portal comprises three round-arch archivolts, moulded with gorges and tori, which are received on each side by three columns. The building was vaulted with pointed arch subsequently to its construction. The aisles are vaulted with rib vaults. The arches rest on chamfered impost blocks.

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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