Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église
Boussac, Aveyron, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : classement par arrêté du 28 octobre 1944
- Protection dates
- 1944/10/28 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 3e quart 15e siècle
- Dates
- 1470
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Boussac
- Département
- Aveyron
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.27851, 2.36608
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093970
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1742 map "Composite: Languedoc." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Rare spécimen d'églises fortifiées du Rouergue, l'église a été construite vers 1470 et comprend une nef unique, un petit transept et un choeur au chevet polygonal. Le clocher, situé à l'angle sud-ouest du transept, comporte deux étages de baies et semble remonter au 16e siècle. L'édifice est garni de mâchicoulis et de créneaux. Les murs de la nef, ont été dérasés.
English translation
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History
Rare specimen of fortified churches of Rouergue, the church was built around 1470 and comprises a single nave, a small transept and a choir at a polygonal chevet. The bell tower, situated at the south-west angle of the transept, comprises two storeys of openings and appears to date from the 16th century. The edifice is furnished with machicolations and crenellations. The walls of the nave have been levelled.
Nearby in the register
- Oratoireoratoireunder 1 mi
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.