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Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs

Corrèze, Corrèze, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle des Pénitents Blancs (cad. AM 134) : inscription par arrêté du 31 mai 1988
Protection dates
1988/05/31 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
18e siècle, 19e siècle
Dates
1758
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Corrèze
Département
Corrèze
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.37352, 1.87473
Mérimée reference
PA00099748

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1703 map "Map of the Geography of Ancient France). (continued.)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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La chapelle fut élevée au 18e siècle, à proximité d'une chapelle ruinée. Vers 1730, l'évêque de Tulle autorisa la confrérie des Pénitents Blancs à s'établir à Corrèze et à bâtir une nouvelle chapelle après la démolition de l'édifice en ruine. La construction débute en 1758. En 1793, la chapelle fut désaffectée et transformée en club. Elle fut rendue aux Pénitents en 1819, date des peintures décoratives du choeur. La chapelle est de plan rectangulaire avec nef carrée avec choeur plus étroit flanqué de sacristies. Une galerie soutenues par quatre colonnes court sur les côtés et au-dessus de l'entrée. La façade ouest est dominée par un clocher hexagonal recouvert d'un toit à six pans.

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The chapel was erected in the 18th century, near a ruined chapel. Around 1730, the bishop of Tulle authorised the confraternity of the White Penitents to settle in Corrèze and to build a new chapel after the demolition of the ruined building. Construction began in 1758. In 1793, the chapel was deconsecrated and transformed into a club. It was returned to the Penitents in 1819, the date of the decorative paintings of the choir. The chapel is of rectangular plan with square nave with narrower choir flanked by sacristies. A gallery supported by four columns runs along the sides and above the entrance. The west façade is dominated by a hexagonal bell tower covered with a six-sided roof.

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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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