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Église Sainte-Croix et Saint-Pierre

Marchastel, Cantal, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement, inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Choeur roman (cad. AB 16) : inscription par arrêté du 21 août 1992 ; L'église Sainte-Croix et Saint-Pierre, en totalité, située sur la parcelle n°16, figurant au cadastre section AB : inscription par arrêté du 12 octobre 2018.
Protection dates
1992/08/21 : inscrit MH, 2018/10/12 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 12e siècle
Architect or builder
Balmet L. (peintre-verrier)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Marchastel
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.28281, 2.72572
Mérimée reference
PA00093752

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Marche, Limosin, Auvergne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église se compose d'une abside polygonale à trois pans, précédée d'une nef unique dans laquelle donnent deux chapelles latérales nord et sud. Une tribune découverte occupe la première travée de la nef. Nef et choeur romans (12e siècle). Chapelles latérales et base du clocher-porche du 15e siècle. clocher du 19e. Les vitraux, datés 1914, sont signés de L. Balmet. Chapiteaux sculptés.

English translation

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The church is composed of a polygonal apse of three facets, preceded by a single nave into which two lateral chapels, north and south, open. An open tribune occupies the first bay of the nave. Nave and choir Romanesque (12th century). Lateral chapels and base of the porch tower from the 15th century. Bell tower from the 19th. The stained glass windows, dated 1914, are signed by L. Balmet. Sculpted capitals.

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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