Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle de pèlerinage Sainte-Madeleine de Chalet
Massiac, Cantal, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Sainte-Madeleine de Chalet (cad. A 650) : classement par arrêté du 29 décembre 1982
- Protection dates
- 1982/12/29 : classé MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Massiac
- Département
- Cantal
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.27056, 3.19760
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093541
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1769 map "53 Brioude, Issoire." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle de pélerinage édifiée au 12e siècle, au départ chapelle castrale de la forteresse. La chapelle latérale sud daterait du 13e siècle et la nord du 14e. La partie romane comprend une nef voûtée en berceau séparée du sanctuaire par un arc triomphal. Le sanctuaire se compose d'un choeur et d'une abside ronde voûtée en cul-de-four et surélevée de deux marches. Des sondages ont révélé la présence de peintures sous les enduits.
English translation
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History
Pilgrimage chapel built in the 12th century, originally a chapel of the castle fortress. The south lateral chapel would date from the 13th century and the north from the 14th. The Romanesque part comprises a nave vaulted in barrel vault separated from the sanctuary by a triumphal arch. The sanctuary is composed of a chevet and a round apse vaulted with a quarter vault and raised by two steps. Excavations revealed the presence of paintings under the render.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.