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Église Saint-Martin

Ussel, Corrèze, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Transept et choeur : inscription par arrêté du 9 décembre 1926
Protection dates
1926/12/09 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Ussel
Département
Corrèze
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.54703, 2.30919
Mérimée reference
PA00099938

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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

Edifice de la fin du 13e siècle, composé d'une nef avec transept et choeur à chevet plat. A l'origine, l'édifice présentait une nef de deux travées carrées voûtées d'ogives, un transept, un choeur et deux petites chapelles sur les bras du transept. Après un incendie en 1472, deux bas-côtés furent ajoutés, ainsi qu'une petite chapelle à l'extrémité nord du transept. En 1862, Viollet-le-Duc restaura l'église et construisit un clocher porche.

English translation

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Edifice of the end of the 13th century, composed of a nave with transept and choir with flat chevet. Originally, the edifice presented a nave of two square bays vaulted with ribs, a transept, a choir and two small chapels on the transept arms. After a fire in 1472, two aisles were added, as well as a small chapel at the north end of the transept. In 1862, Viollet-le-Duc restored the church and built a porch tower.

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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