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Église Notre-Dame

Castelnau-Pégayrols, Aveyron, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Notre-Dame : classement par arrêté du 28 janvier 1930
Protection dates
1930/01/28 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Castelnau-Pégayrols
Département
Aveyron
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.12991, 2.93480
Mérimée reference
PA00093992

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Languedoc." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Saint-Pierre aurait été l'église d'un prieuré qui s'élevait au sud sur un promontoire rocheux. Il ne subsiste rien du prieuré, le cimetière occupant son emplacement. L'édifice n'est plus que la chapelle de ce cimetière. Le monument montre deux campagnes de construction au 12e siècle. La première, probablement du début de cette période, a été la plus importante : une nef de quatre travées et un choeur à trois pans. La seconde a consisté dans la modification de la quatrième travée par l'insertion de quatre piles collées contre les maçonneries plus anciennes pour porter une coupole et le clocher. Chapelle du début du 15e siècle. Elargissement au sud de la troisième travée de la nef au 18e siècle. Le portail a été remanié au 19e siècle. Des peintures d'époque Louis XIII ornent le sanctuaire qui contient deux enfeux.

English translation

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Saint-Pierre is said to have been the church of a priory which stood to the south on a rocky promontory. Nothing remains of the priory, the cemetery occupying its site. The building is now only the chapel of this cemetery. The monument shows two building campaigns in the 12th century. The first, probably from the beginning of this period, was the most significant: a nave of four bays and a choir with three panels. The second consisted in the modification of the fourth bay by the insertion of four pillars stuck against the older masonry to support a dome and the bell tower. Chapel of the early 15th century. Enlargement to the south of the third bay of the nave in the 18th century. The portal was remodelled in the 19th century. Paintings from the Louis XIII period adorn the sanctuary which contains two wall monuments.

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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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