Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne abbaye de Loc-Dieu
Martiel, Aveyron, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Abbaye de Loc-Dieu (ancienne) (cad. I 6) : classement par arrêté du 23 octobre 1989
- Protection dates
- 1989/10/23 : classé MH
- Type
- abbaye
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1885
- Architect or builder
- Gout Paul (maître de l'oeuvre)
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Martiel
- Département
- Aveyron
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.33954, 1.93130
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094054
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1781 map "16 Rodez." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancienne abbaye cistercienne dont la première pierre a été posée en 1124. De 1409 à 1411, l'abbaye est envahie par les Anglais, saccagée et pillée. En 1470, reconstruction du cloître et de la salle capitulaire. En 1791, elle est vendue comme bien national. De 1847 à 1885, restauration des trois ailes de l'abbaye. Les bâtiments sont disposés autour du cloître dont l'église, au nord, constitue un témoignage authentique d'architecture cistercienne. De plan en croix latine, le chevet est augmenté de deux chapelles sur chaque bras du transept ; le choeur est à cinq pans éclairé de hautes fenêtres à meneaux. De gros piliers carrés soutiennent la tour lanterne à la croisée du transept. Seules trois galeries du cloître sont encore en place. La salle capitulaire abrite la tombe d'Etienne II de Firminiac, auteur de la reconstruction de 1470. Les ailes Est, ouest et sud ont été reconstruites selon le style gothique du 15e siècle, un chemin de ronde courant le long des façades. Le lieu ayant été transformé en résidence familiale, les anciennes dispositions ont disparu.
English translation
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History
Former Cistercian abbey whose foundation stone was laid in 1124. From 1409 to 1411, the abbey was invaded by the English, sacked and pillaged. In 1470, the cloister and chapter house were rebuilt. In 1791, it was sold as national property. From 1847 to 1885, the three wings of the abbey were restored. The buildings are arranged around the cloister, of which the church, to the north, constitutes an authentic testimony of Cistercian architecture. Of Latin cross plan, the chevet is augmented by two chapels on each arm of the transept; the choir is five-sided and lit by tall mullioned windows. Large square pillars support the lantern tower at the crossing of the transept. Only three galleries of the cloister remain in place. The chapter house houses the tomb of Etienne II of Firminiac, author of the reconstruction of 1470. The east, west and south wings were rebuilt in the 15th-century Gothic style, a parapet walk running along the façades. As the place was transformed into a family residence, the former arrangements have disappeared.
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