Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église de Saux
Montpezat-de-Quercy, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise de Saux : classement par arrêté du 25 avril 1949
- Protection dates
- 1949/04/25 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Montpezat-de-Quercy
- Département
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.26166, 1.45536
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095841
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise désaffectée qui fut un ancien lieu de pélerinage. Les coupoles seraient une oeuvre du 15e siècle ou du début du 16e siècle car composées d'assises concentriques s'appuyant sur des pendentifs. La nef est à quatre travées, y compris celle se trouvant sous le clocher. Choeur à chevet plat. Porte et serrure du 15e siècle. Traces de peintures murales du 15e siècle dans la nef.
English translation
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History
Decommissioned church which was a former place of pilgrimage. The domes would be a work of the 15th century or early 16th century as they are composed of concentric courses resting on pendentives. The nave is of four bays, including that found under the bell tower. Choir with flat chevet. Door and lock of the 15th century. Traces of wall paintings of the 15th century in the nave.
Nearby in the register
- Manoir de la Borde des Présmanoirunder 1 mi
- Porte de villeporte de ville2 mi
- Ancien couvent des Ursulinescouvent2 mi
- Collégiale Saint-Martin et maisons adossées à son chevetcollégiale2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.