Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne chapelle Saint-Georges
Lunas, Hérault, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Les vestiges (cad. F 554) : classement par arrêté du 17 juillet 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/07/17 : classé MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 9e siècle, 1er quart 10e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Lunas
- Département
- Hérault
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.70578, 3.19852
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103495
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1778 map "57. Lodeve." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle de tradition wisigothique. Vestiges exceptionnels d'architecture préromane de la fin du 9e ou du début du 10e siècle, caractérisés par un arc triomphal d'influence mozarabe et le remploi de fragments antiques. Plan rectangle avec chevet plus étroit légèrement trapézoïdal.
English translation
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History
Chapel of Visigothic tradition. Exceptional remains of pre-Romanesque architecture of the late 9th or early 10th century, characterized by a triumphal arch of Mozarabic influence and the reuse of antique fragments. Rectangular plan with narrower chevet slightly trapezoidal.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Pancraceégliseunder 1 mi
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de Nizechapelle1 mi
- Château de Cazilhacchâteau2 mi
- Ancienne abbaye Saint-Pierre de Lunasabbaye2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.