Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Thibaud
Brageac, Cantal, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise de Brageac : classement par liste de 1862
- Protection dates
- 1862 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Brageac
- Département
- Cantal
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.20613, 2.29136
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093434
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1780 map "14 Mauriac." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Edifice de la fin du 11e ou début du 12e siècle, composé de trois nefs terminées chacune par une abside semi circulaire. Les nefs se divisent en quatre travées, dont deux étaient autrefois occupées par la tribune des dames. En avant du choeur, une tour carrée surmonte l'église, comportant une porte à six mètres au-dessus du sol. Les chapiteaux des colonnes sont historiés (pampre ; deux griffons buvant dans un vase...). Cette église faisait partie du monastère de Brageac, d'abord destiné aux hommes puis transformé en abbaye de femmes de l'ordre de Saint-Benoît.
English translation
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History
Edifice of the end of the 11th or beginning of the 12th century, composed of three naves each terminated by a semi-circular abside. The naves are divided into four bays, two of which were formerly occupied by the gallery for women. In front of the choir, a square tower surmounts the church, comprising a door at six metres above the ground. The capitals of the columns are historiated (vine-leaf; two griffons drinking from a vase...). This church formed part of the monastery of Brageac, first intended for men then transformed into an abbey for women of the order of Saint-Benedict.
Nearby in the register
- Sous-Préfecture (ancien Hôtel d'Orcet)sous-préfecture2 mi
- Collègecollège2 mi
- Ancien monastère Saint-Pierreétablissement conventuel2 mi
- Fontaine de Monthyonfontaine2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.