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Église Sainte-Fauste

Bozouls, Aveyron, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Sainte-Fauste : classement par arrêté du 31 août 1920
Protection dates
1920/08/31 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Bozouls
Département
Aveyron
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.47090, 2.71789
Mérimée reference
PA00093972

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "La partie Septentrionale du Languedoc" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice du 12e siècle, caractérisé par les arcs-boutants qui maintiennent la voûte de la nef, visibles à l'extérieur. Abside à déambulatoire. Cinq chapelles rayonnantes noyées dans une masse de maçonnerie polygonale. A l'intérieur, chapiteaux sculptés.

English translation

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Building of the 12th century, characterised by the flying buttresses which support the vault of the nave, visible on the exterior. Apse with ambulatory. Five radiating chapels embedded in a mass of polygonal masonry. Inside, sculpted capitals.

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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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