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Chapelle de pélerinage de Notre-Dame-de-l'Ile

Luzech, Lot, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Porte principale ; abside : inscription par arrêté du 2 janvier 1929
Protection dates
1929/01/02 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Luzech
Département
Lot
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.46246, 1.29030
Mérimée reference
PA00095150

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1781 map "36 Cahors." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Antoine III de Luzech, évêque de Cahors, fit raser complètement la vieille chapelle pour élever, en 1504, l'édifice actuel. Il comprend une abside à cinq pans, une nef, une travée. Des colonnes ou faisceaux de colonnettes prismatiques dépourvues de chapiteaux s'élancent jusqu'à la retombée des voûtes et se divisent en nervures saillantes. Des arcs tiercerons reliés à la clef principale, partagent les voutrains. Au-dessus du linteau de la porte d'entrée se trouve un fronton formé de deux arcs en accolade sur lesquels courent des feuilles de chou frisé. Il est surmonté d'une croix finement ouvragée qui s'élève à la hauteur des clochetons latéraux.

English translation

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Antoine III de Luzech, bishop of Cahors, had the old chapel completely demolished to erect the present building in 1504. It comprises an apse with five sides, a nave, a bay. Columns or clusters of prismatic columnettes lacking capitals rise up to the springing of the vaults and divide into prominent ribs. Tiercerons arches connected to the main keystone divide the vault webs. Above the lintel of the entrance door is found a pediment formed of two arches in accolade on which run leaves of curly kale. It is surmounted by a finely worked cross which rises to the height of the lateral clochetons.

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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