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Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens

Rilhac-Lastours, Haute-Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. A 227) : inscription par arrêté du 7 mai 1982
Protection dates
1982/05/07 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Rilhac-Lastours
Département
Haute-Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.66815, 1.12775
Mérimée reference
PA00100426

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Fondée à proximité du château, l'église eut la cure de ce château comme succursale. L'église romane est parvenue intacte en certaines de ses parties qui semblent remonter au 11e siècle. C'est un édifice à nef unique de plan rectangulaire avec des pans coupés à l'abside, donnant un sanctuaire pentagonal. Deux chapelles latérales récentes s'adossent aux murs nord et sud. La nef est voûtée d'un plafond bas en torchis. Les tailloirs des chapiteaux de la nef sont moulurés d'un triple quart de rond, motif fréquent au 11e siècle. A l'extrémité ouest de la nef s'élève un clocher octogonal.

English translation

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Founded near the château, the church had the cure of this château as a subsidiary. The Romanesque church has survived intact in certain of its parts which appear to date back to the 11th century. It is a building with a single nave of rectangular plan with cut sides to the apse, giving a pentagonal sanctuary. Two recent lateral chapels are set against the north and south walls. The nave is vaulted with a low ceiling in wattle and daub. The abacuses of the capitals of the nave are moulded with a triple quarter-round, a motif frequent in the 11th century. At the western extremity of the nave rises an octagonal bell tower.

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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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