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Église Saint-Martin

Sauviat-sur-Vige, Haute-Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Les façades et toitures (cad. C 435) : inscription par arrêté du 28 janvier 1986
Protection dates
1986/01/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Sauviat-sur-Vige
Département
Haute-Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.90596, 1.60852
Mérimée reference
PA00100500

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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

En 1195, l'église dépendait de Saint-Léonard. En 1250, Sauviat éait le chef-lieu d'un baillage confié à l'administration d'un chanoine de l'église de Limoges. L'édifice présente une nef unique et un chevet droit. La chapelle sud fut ajoutée au 17e siècle. Le clocher est massif, sur plan carré, et présente sur chacune de ses faces une baie en plein cintre. Il est couvert d'une toiture à l'impériale, surmontée d'un clocheton carré coiffé d'une courte flèche octogonale. L'ensembe du choeur et de la nef est couvert d'un plafond en plâtre.

English translation

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In 1195, the church was dependent on Saint-Léonard. In 1250, Sauviat was the head of a bailiwick entrusted to the administration of a canon of the church of Limoges. The building presents a single nave and a straight chevet. The south chapel was added in the 17th century. The bell tower is massive, on a square plan, and presents on each of its faces a round-arch opening. It is covered with a roof with an imperial top, surmounted by a small square bell-turret with a short octagonal spire. The whole of the choir and nave is covered with a plaster ceiling.

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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