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Église Saint-Barthélémy

Cahors, Lot, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Barthélémy : classement par arrêté du 28 novembre 1933
Protection dates
1933/11/28 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
14e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Cahors
Département
Lot
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.45206, 1.44047
Mérimée reference
PA00095000

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "Aquitania" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église a été construite au 14e siècle. La nef est flanquée de chapelles construites entre les contreforts et voûtées sur croisées d'ogives. Au sud de la première travée s'élève un clocher quadrangulaire, comportant trois étages percés de baies en tiers-point.

English translation

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The church was built in the 14th century. The nave is flanked by chapels built between the buttresses and vaulted on rib vaults. To the south of the first bay rises a square bell tower, comprising three storeys pierced by pointed arch openings.

Nearby in the register

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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