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Église Saint-Martin

Le Theil, Allier, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 3 novembre 1927
Protection dates
1927/11/03 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 12e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Le Theil
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.35583, 3.13506
Mérimée reference
PA00093313

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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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Eglise romane du 11e siècle, à une nef de trois travées sur piliers carrés, flanquée de deux collatéraux, le collatéral nord flanqué lui-même d'une chapelle seigneuriale du 17e siècle. La nef est voûtée en plein cintre, les collatéraux en quart de cercle suivant le mode auvergnat. Au sud, un porche postérieur protège la porte latérale cantonnée de deux colonnettes. L'église a subi deux campagnes de construction. La première, vraisemblablement de la fin du 11e siècle, comprend les trois travées ; la seconde, du 12e siècle, pour le transept de plan élargi, sur les bras duquel s'ouvrent deux chapelles. Clocher sur plan carré avec flèche octogonale présentant des boudins sur les arêtes.

English translation

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Romanesque church of the 11th century, with a single nave of three bays on square pillars, flanked by two side aisles, the north side aisle itself flanked by a seigneurial chapel of the 17th century. The nave is vaulted in the round arch, the side aisles in a quarter circle according to the Auvergnat mode. To the south, a later porch protects the lateral door flanked by two small columns. The church underwent two building campaigns. The first, probably from the end of the 11th century, comprises the three bays; the second, from the 12th century, for the transept of enlarged plan, on the arms of which open two chapels. Bell tower on a square plan with octagonal spire presenting beading on the edges.

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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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