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Église Saint-Julien

Osmery, Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AB 77) : classement par arrêté du 11 juillet 1932
Protection dates
1932/07/11 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
milieu 12e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Osmery
Département
Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.93493, 2.65408
Mérimée reference
PA00096863

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Carte du Pais de Bourbonois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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L'église d'Osmery date du milieu du 12e siècle et a conservé sa construction primitive. Au 15e siècle ont été ajoutées deux chapelles latérales donnant sur la croisée du transept. En 1901, la flèche du clocher s'est écroulée. L'édifice se compose d'une nef rectangulaire voûtée en bois, d'un transept, d'un choeur avec abside demi-circulaire et chapelles latérales. La nef a conservé son caractère roman avec son portail occidental à trois rangs de claveaux surmonté d'une corniche. La croisée est voûtée en coupole sur trompes au-dessus de quatre arcs doubleaux portés par des chapiteaux à feuillage. Le choeur est voûté en berceau et l'abside en cul de four. Des fenêtres flamboyantes ont été ajoutées dans le transept au 15e siècle.

English translation

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The church of Osmery dates from the middle of the 12th century and has preserved its primitive construction. In the 15th century two lateral chapels were added opening onto the crossing of the transept. In 1901, the spire of the bell tower collapsed. The edifice comprises a rectangular nave vaulted in wood, a transept, a choir with semicircular apse and lateral chapels. The nave has preserved its Romanesque character with its west portal of three rows of voussoirs surmounted by a cornice. The crossing is vaulted in dome on pendentives above four double-arch ribs borne by foliage capitals. The choir is vaulted in barrel vault and the apse in half-dome. Flamboyant windows were added in the transept in the 15th century.

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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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