Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Paul
Venas, 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
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Venas
- Département
- Allier
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.47619, 2.76444
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093332
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
Eglise à trois nefs, présentant deux campagnes de travaux. Le bas-côté nord, voûté en berceau, a quatre travées. Le bas-côté sud, voûté d'arêtes, a trois travées. L'abside est ornée de modillons sculptés.
English translation
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History
Church with three naves, presenting two building campaigns. The north aisle, vaulted with a barrel vault, has four bays. The south aisle, vaulted with groin vaults, has three bays. The apse is adorned with carved modillions.