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Église

Cambayrac, Lot, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 5 octobre 1925
Protection dates
1925/10/05 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle, 18e siècle
Dates
1750
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Cambayrac
Département
Lot
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.42677, 1.28514
Mérimée reference
PA00095036

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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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Eglise du 12e siècle se composant primitivement de la nef et d'un choeur en hémicycle. Les deux chapelles latérales formant transept ont été ajoutées au 15e siècle. Les voûtes de la nef et du choeur ont été reconstruites au 15e siècle, en remplacement des anciennes voûtes romanes. Le doubleau de la deuxième travée de la nef retombe sur des chapiteaux romans sculptés. La façade ouest est surmontée d'un pignon percé de trois baies en plein cintre, destinées à recevoir les cloches. La partie supérieure du pignon a été modifiée au 18e siècle dans le goût de l'époque. Entre 1715 et 1750, les murs du choeur et des deux anciennes chapelles nord et sud, ont été recouverts de marbres de couleur et les murs des chapelles de peintures décoratives encadrées dans les marbres.

English translation

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Church of the 12th century originally consisting of the nave and a hemicycle choir. The two lateral chapels forming the transept were added in the 15th century. The vaults of the nave and choir were rebuilt in the 15th century, replacing the old Romanesque vaults. The transverse arch of the second bay of the nave rests on carved Romanesque capitals. The west façade is surmounted by a gable pierced by three round arch openings, intended to receive the bells. The upper part of the gable was modified in the 18th century in the taste of the period. Between 1715 and 1750, the walls of the choir and the two old north and south chapels were covered with coloured marbles and the walls of the chapels with decorative paintings framed in marbles.

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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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