Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Men
Gourdièges, Cantal, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Men (cad. B 347) : inscription par arrêté du 19 décembre 1985
- Protection dates
- 1985/12/19 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle, 14e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Gourdièges
- Département
- Cantal
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.93749, 2.88151
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093518
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "La partie Septentrionale du Languedoc" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Au 11e siècle, Ladiarde, femme du compteur d'Apchon, fit don de l'église de Gourdièges au monastère de Saint-Flour. A partir de 1354, destructions dues aux Anglais. La paroi nord du choeur parait remonter à l'église primitive du 11e siècle. L'église e au la forme d'une salle rectangulaire (nef et choeur à chevet plat). Les parois restées en place ont été surélevées au 14e-15e siècle pour permettre la construction des voûtes d'ogives. Le 15e siècle a apporté la chapelle nord, le porche et les superstructures du beffroi. Le clocher, souvent victime de la foudre, a dû se réduire à la reconstruction du beffroi. En 1896, la foudre démolit une partie de ce dernier et ébranla l'ensemble de l'édifice. La reconstruction date de 1776 ou 1896. A cette dernière date, le beffroi est restauré à l'identique avec les matériaux récupérés. La foudre dévaste à nouveau le clocher en 1920. A l'intérieur, sculptures sur les culots, la chapelle nord et le porche.
English translation
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History
In the 11th century, Ladiarde, wife of the count of Apchon, donated the church of Gourdièges to the monastery of Saint-Flour. From 1354 onwards, destructions due to the English. The north wall of the choir appears to date back to the primitive church of the 11th century. The church is in the form of a rectangular hall (nave and choir with flat chevet). The walls that remained in place were raised in the 14th-15th century to allow the construction of rib vaults. The 15th century brought the north chapel, the porch and the bell tower superstructures. The bell tower, often a victim of lightning, had to be reduced to the reconstruction of the bell tower. In 1896, lightning destroyed part of the latter and shook the entire building. The reconstruction dates from 1776 or 1896. At the latter date, the bell tower is restored identically with recovered materials. Lightning devastates the bell tower again in 1920. Inside, sculptures on the corbels, the north chapel and the porch.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.