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Église Saint-Martin

Barriac-les-Bosquets, Cantal, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
En totalité l'église Saint-Martin (cad. ZL, n°75)
Protection dates
2017/01/13:inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Barriac-les-Bosquets
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.14307, 2.25983
Mérimée reference
PA00093472

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Nef très remaniée flanquée de quatre chapelles dont deux modernes. Choeur et abside voûtée en cul-de-four d'époque romanes. A l'extérieur, modillons sculptés (têtes humaines, animaux fantastiques...). Clocher à peigne épaulé par quatre contreforts.

English translation

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Nave much altered flanked by four chapels, two of which are modern. Choir and apse vaulted with a cul-de-four of Romanesque period. On the outside, sculpted modillions (human heads, fantastic animals...). Comb bell tower buttressed by four buttresses.

Nearby in the register

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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