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Chapelle de pèlerinage Sainte-Madeleine de Chalet

Massiac, Cantal, France

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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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1769 map "53 Brioude, Issoire." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

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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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.

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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