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Ancienne église Saint-André de Taxat

Taxat-Senat, Allier, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-André (ancienne) : inscription par arrêté du 12 mars 1942
Protection dates
1942/03/12 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 14e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
Taxat
Commune
Taxat-Senat
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.20542, 3.15637
Mérimée reference
PA00093309

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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

La paroisse dépendait du prieuré de Saint-Germain de Salles. En 1796, l'église est vendue comme bien national et utilisée comme bâtiment agricole. L'édifice roman se compose d'une nef à trois travées flanquées de bas-côtés étroits, un transept aux bras saillants, une abside en cul-de-four accostée autrefois de deux absidioles voûtées de même (l'absidiole nord a été supprimée). La voûte de la nef a disparu. Un mur diaphragme sépare nef et bas-côtés du transept qui communique par trois ouvertures surmontées d'arcs brisés soulignés par des impostes. Ce mur diaphragme supporte un clocher -mur percé de deux arcades. Le transept est voûté en berceau. Chaque extrémité des bras est percée d'une baie à intrados trilobé. Présence de peintures murales.

English translation

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The parish was dependent on the priory of Saint-Germain de Salles. In 1796, the church is sold as national property and used as an agricultural building. The Romanesque building comprises a nave of three bays flanked by narrow aisles, a transept with projecting arms, an apse in cul-de-four once accompanied by two absidioles vaulted in the same manner (the north absidiole has been suppressed). The vault of the nave has disappeared. A diaphragm wall separates the nave and aisles from the transept which communicates by three openings surmounted by pointed arches marked by imposts. This diaphragm wall supports a bell tower-wall pierced by two arcades. The transept is vaulted with a barrel vault. Each extremity of the arms is pierced by an opening with trilobed intrados. Presence of wall paintings.

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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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