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Église Saint-Martial

Assas, Hérault, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martial (cad. E 922) : classement par arrêté du 29 décembre 1987
Protection dates
1987/12/29 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
Moyen Age, 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 17e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Assas
Département
Hérault
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.70142, 3.89815
Mérimée reference
PA00103361

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1603 map "Languedock." (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église est l'ancienne chapelle castrale (directement reliée au château). L'essentiel du volume et du décor romans (12e-13e siècles) est conservé. Seul le voûtement d'origine a disparu. Les murs goutterots ont été percés pour l'aménagement de chapelles latérales postérieures, mais restaurés au sud après la suppression de ces adjonctions. L'édifice présente un plan rectangulaire allongé, orienté, avec nef unique de trois travées, abside semi-circulaire. Adjonction d'un petit clocher carré accolé à l'extérieur de la nef, au sud. L'entrée se fait au sud par un portail plein cintre avec colonnes latérales à chapiteaux.

English translation

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The church is the former castle chapel (directly connected to the castle). The bulk of the Romanesque volume and decoration (12th-13th centuries) is preserved. Only the original vaulting has disappeared. The gutter walls were pierced for the fitting of later lateral chapels, but restored to the south after the removal of these additions. The building presents an elongated rectangular plan, oriented, with single nave of three bays, semi-circular apse. Addition of a small square bell tower attached to the outside of the nave, to the south. Entry is from the south by a round arch portal with lateral columns with capitals.

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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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