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Ancienne chapelle Saint-Libéral

Brive-la-Gaillarde, Corrèze, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle Saint-Libéral (ancienne) (cad. K 515p) : inscription par arrêté du 25 octobre 1971
Protection dates
1971/10/25 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Brive-la-Gaillarde
Département
Corrèze
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.16028, 1.53250
Mérimée reference
PA00099688

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1711 map "Le Gouvernement General De Guinne et Gascogne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

A l'origine, la chapelle était le centre paroissial d'un bourg hors mur. Elle a été incluse dans l'enceinte de 1370. La première église fut bâtie sur le tombeau de Saint-Libéral. Desservie par les Dominicains au 16e et 17e siècle, elle fut vendue comme bien national en 1791. Elle sert aujourd'hui de chapelle de secours, et de lieu de réunion musicale. La chapelle se compose d'une nef unique, d'une abside précédée d'un choeur. Deux chapelles latérales s'ouvrent au nord et au sud. L'ensemble est voûté d'ogives.

English translation

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Originally, the chapel was the parochial centre of a town outside the walls. It was included within the enclosure of 1370. The first church was built on the tomb of Saint-Libéral. Served by the Dominicans in the 16th and 17th centuries, it was sold as national property in 1791. It today serves as a relief chapel and a place of musical gathering. The chapel consists of a single nave, of an apse preceded by a choir. Two side chapels open to the north and south. The whole is vaulted with ribs.

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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