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Église

Meyronne, Lot, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Ancien choeur des 15 et 16s devenu chapelle latérale (cad. A) : inscription par arrêté du 21 juin 1952
Protection dates
1952/06/21 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 16e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Meyronne
Département
Lot
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.87711, 1.57712
Mérimée reference
PA00095167

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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

A l'origine, la chapelle, entourée de son cimetière, était une dépendance du château et devait ouvrir directement dans la cour du manoir. Cette chapelle a dû remplacer une construction du 10e siècle, et a été bâtie par un évêque de Tulle. L'édifice se compose de deux parties bien distinctes, avec l'ancienne chapelle flamboyante du 15e - 16e siècle, et une nef moderne datant de 1881, réalisée par Toulouse, transperçant de part en part la construction plus ancienne, entre le porche et le choeur, la transformant en transept. La première travée de l'ancienne chapelle sert de porche et est surmontée d'un clocher carré à trois étages. Le porche est voûté sur croisée d'ogives sexpartite. L'ancien choeur est, extérieurement, de forme pentagonale. A l'intérieur, les chapiteaux sont ornés de scènes historiées (Péché originel...) , d'animaux et de rinceaux de feuillages.

English translation

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Originally, the chapel, surrounded by its cemetery, was a dependency of the castle and was meant to open directly into the courtyard of the manor. This chapel must have replaced a 10th century building, and was built by a bishop of Tulle. The building comprises two distinct parts, with the old Flamboyant chapel of the 15th-16th century, and a modern nave dating from 1881, constructed by Toulouse, piercing right through the older building, between the porch and the choir, transforming it into a transept. The first bay of the old chapel serves as a porch and is surmounted by a square bell tower of three storeys. The porch is vaulted on a sexpartite rib vault. The old choir is, externally, of pentagonal form. Inside, the capitals are ornamented with historical scenes (Original Sin...), animals and foliage rinceaux.

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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