Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle de Perse
Espalion, Aveyron, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle de Perse : classement par liste de 1862
- Protection dates
- 1862 : classé MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Espalion
- Département
- Aveyron
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.51765, 2.77130
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094015
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 1636 map "La partie Septentrionale du Languedoc" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise romane dont la reconstruction remonterait au 11e siècle, mais dont la fondation serait bien antérieure selon la tradition. L'église est largement sculptée, à l'extérieur comme à l'intérieur. L'intérieur conserve des restes de peinture.
English translation
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History
Romanesque church the reconstruction of which dates back to the 11th century, but the foundation of which would be much earlier according to tradition. The church is extensively sculpted, both outside and inside. The interior preserves remains of painting.
Nearby in the register
- Ancien palais de justicepalais de justiceunder 1 mi
- Pont-Vieuxpontunder 1 mi
- Ancienne église Saint-Jean-Baptiste, actuellement musée Joseph Vayletégliseunder 1 mi
- Vestiges du château et de la chapelle de Calmont-d'Oltchâteauunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.