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Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul

Gioux, Creuse, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AB 57) : inscription par arrêté du 11 mai 1981
Protection dates
1981/05/11 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 12e siècle, 1er quart 13e siècle, 15e siècle, 2e quart 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Gioux
Département
Creuse
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.81158, 2.12245
Mérimée reference
PA00100081

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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

Le patronage de cette église appartenait à l'évêque de Limoges. L'édifice se compose d'une nef de trois travées voûtées en berceau brisé, se terminant par un chevet plat, qui date du 12e siècle. Au 15e siècle, ont été accolées côté nord deux chapelles latérales, voûtées d'ogives. Contre la façade occidentale a été édifié le clocher-porche en 1740, coiffé d'une flèche aigüe, en remplacement d'un clocher-mur dont les traces sont encore visibles. A l'intérieur du clocher-porche, le portail sans tympan (13e siècle) est typiquement limousin avec ses chapiteaux en frise.

English translation

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The patronage of this church belonged to the bishop of Limoges. The edifice is composed of a nave of three bays vaulted with pointed barrel vault, ending with a flat chevet, which dates from the 12th century. In the 15th century, two side chapels were attached on the north side, vaulted with ribs. Against the western façade was built the porch tower in 1740, topped with a sharp spire, replacing a porch tower whose traces are still visible. Inside the porch tower, the portal without tympanum (13th century) is typically Limousin with its frieze capitals.

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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