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Église Saint-Pierre

Moustier-Ventadour, Corrèze, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 360) : inscription par arrêté du 15 mars 1972
Protection dates
1972/03/15 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 4e quart 15e siècle
Dates
1494
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Moustier-Ventadour
Département
Corrèze
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.39502, 2.10479
Mérimée reference
PA00099812

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Marche, Limosin, Auvergne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Eglise appartenant à une famille de sanctuaires typiques du plateau de Millevaches : abside à pans coupés, clocher-mur sur porche, petit clocheton sur le toit. Un prieuré fut fondé à Ventadour par les vicomtes de Comborn-Ventadour peu avant 1116. Il se trouvait dans le château, mais fut agrandi hors du celui-ci. Il dépendait de l'ordre de Cluny qui nommait les titulaires. L'église fut rebatie en 1494. L'édifice actuel résulte de la reconstruction d'une église du 12e dont subsistent, à l'extérieur, la corniche du chevet et, à l'intérieur, les colonnes de l'arc triomphal avec leurs chapiteaux, ainsi que deux baies sur la façade sud. La façade occidentale a été restaurée en 1786.

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Church belonging to a family of sanctuaries typical of the Millevaches plateau: apse with cut angles, porch tower, small bell turret on the roof. A priory was founded at Ventadour by the viscounts of Comborn-Ventadour shortly before 1116. It was located in the castle, but was enlarged outside of it. It was under the authority of the Cluniac order which appointed the titulars. The church was rebuilt in 1494. The current building results from the reconstruction of a 12th-century church of which remain, on the exterior, the cornice of the chevet and, on the interior, the columns of the triumphal arch with their capitals, as well as two openings on the south façade. The western façade was restored in 1786.

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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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