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église Saint-Étienne

Saint-Etienne-la-Geneste, Corrèze, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. A 303) : inscription par arrêté du 20 juillet 1972
Protection dates
1972/07/20 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 2e quart 18e siècle
Dates
1728
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Etienne-la-Geneste
Département
Corrèze
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.44832, 2.34573
Mérimée reference
PA00099853

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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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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Saint-Etienne-la-Geneste était un prieuré, connu dès 828, appartenant au doyenné de Mauriac, puis rattaché au diocèse de Tulle. Bon exemple d'une petite église de la Haute-Vienne à l'époque romane, ce sanctuaire du 12e siècle n'a subi d'autres modifications que l'adjonction, au 18e siècle, de chapelles latérales dans le choeur, et de contreforts sur sa façade occidentale. L'accès se fait par une porte en arc brisé. L'intérieur présente de beaux chapiteaux à entrelacs et feuillages.

English translation

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Saint-Etienne-la-Geneste was a priory, known from 828, belonging to the deanery of Mauriac, then attached to the diocese of Tulle. A good example of a small church of Haute-Vienne in the Romanesque period, this 12th-century sanctuary underwent no modifications other than the addition, in the 18th century, of lateral chapels in the choir, and of buttresses on its western façade. Access is by a pointed arch door. The interior presents fine capitals with interlace and foliage.

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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