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Église Saint-Pierre ou Saint-Sauveur

Collonges-la-Rouge, Corrèze, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : classement par arrêté du 4 avril 1905
Protection dates
1905/04/04 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 12e siècle, 15e siècle
Dates
1070
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Collonges-la-Rouge
Département
Corrèze
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.06023, 1.65457
Mérimée reference
PA00099722

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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

Edifice bâti vers 1060-1070, agrandi du 12e au 15e siècle et fortifié au 16e lors des guerres de Religion. Le clocher, peut-être le plus ancien du groupe régional des clochers à gâbles "limousins", daterait du début du 12e siècle. Deux étages de plan carré sont surmontés de deux niveaux octogonaux, le passage du carré à l'octogone étant masqué par les gâbles. Les deux premiers étages ont leurs ouvertures soulignées par des arcs, des piliers, des colonnes à chapiteaux sculptés. Tympan sculpté.

English translation

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Building constructed around 1060-1070, enlarged from the 12th to 15th century and fortified in the 16th century during the Wars of Religion. The bell tower, perhaps the oldest of the regional group of "Limousin" gable bell towers, would date from the early 12th century. Two storeys of square plan are topped by two octagonal levels, the transition from the square to the octagon being concealed by gables. The first two storeys have their openings emphasized by arches, pilasters, columns with carved capitals. Sculpted tympanum.

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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