Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle Saint-Aurélien
Limoges, Haute-Vienne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Saint-Aurélien (cad. DY 35) : inscription par arrêté du 28 janvier 1943
- Protection dates
- 1943/01/28 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'une association cultuelle
- Address
- rue de la Boucherie ; place Saint-Aurélien
- Commune
- Limoges
- Département
- Haute-Vienne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.82841, 1.25740
- Mérimée reference
- PA00100334
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle du 15e siècle, remaniée au 17e siècle. Chapelle à nef unique, surmontée d'un campanile à charpente recouverte d'ardoises, et précédée d'un calvaire. L'intérieur est peint. La richesse de la décoration intérieure témoigne de l'ancienne prospérité de la corporation des bouchers de Limoges.
English translation
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History
Chapel of the 15th century, modified in the 17th century. Chapel with a single nave, surmounted by a campanile with a roof structure covered in slates, and preceded by a calvary. The interior is painted. The richness of the interior decoration bears witness to the former prosperity of the corporation of butchers of Limoges.
Nearby in the register
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- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Immeublesimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.