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Église Saint-François, ancienne église du couvent des Cordeliers

Lavaur, Tarn, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AE 509) : classement par arrêté du 5 juillet 1996
Protection dates
1996/07/05 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 4e quart 15e siècle, 1er quart 16e siècle, 19e siècle
Architect or builder
Gayral (peintre), Bordieu (peintre), Mazetier (peintre), Ningres (peintre)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Lavaur
Département
Tarn
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.69894, 1.81712
Mérimée reference
PA00095585

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Couvent des Cordeliers installé dès 1230. Enclos construit au cours du 14e siècle ; couvent détruit dans la seconde moitié du 16e siècle par les Huguenots. Eglise construite au 14e siècle (choeur et les deux travées nord) et aux 15e-16e siècles (quatre nouvelles travées). Deux dates de consécration : 1350 et 1512. Eglise orientée nord-sud, construite entièrement en briques. Eglise désaffectée pendant la Révolution, rendue au culte en 1801. Décor intérieur réalisé entre 1840 et 1889 : peintures par Gayral, Bordieu, Mazetier, Ningres ; cloches des ateliers Louison ; autels des chapelles et chemin de croix des ateliers Virebent.

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Convent of the Cordeliers established from 1230. Enclosure built during the 14th century; convent destroyed in the second half of the 16th century by the Huguenots. Church built in the 14th century (choir and the two northern bays) and in the 15th-16th centuries (four new bays). Two dates of consecration: 1350 and 1512. Church orientated north-south, built entirely in brick. Church disused during the Revolution, returned to worship in 1801. Interior decoration carried out between 1840 and 1889: paintings by Gayral, Bordieu, Mazetier, Ningres; bells from the Louison workshops; altars of the chapels and stations of the cross from the Virebent workshops.

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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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