Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle de la Madeleine
Pied-de-Borne, Lozère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle de la Madeleine (cad. D 127) : inscription par arrêté du 9 avril 1987
- Protection dates
- 1987/04/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Pied-de-Borne
- Département
- Lozère
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.47931, 3.98709
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103893
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 1779 map "90 Viviers." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle romane passant pour la chapelle castrale d'un château seigneurial aujourd'hui disparu. Petit édifice bâti en pierres d'appareil, comprenant une nef unique à deux travées et une abside semi-circulaire. L'entrée en plein cintre ne présente aucune ornementation. Le petit clocher à arcade semble moderne. Absence de tout décor à l'intérieur. Cette chapelle est typique de la région par ses matériaux et son architecture sobre.
English translation
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History
Romanesque chapel said to be the castle chapel of a seigneurial castle today disappeared. Small building built in dressed stone, comprising a single nave of two bays and a semi-circular apse. The round-arch entrance presents no ornamentation. The small bell tower with arcade appears modern. Absence of any decoration inside. This chapel is typical of the region by its materials and sober architecture.
Nearby in the register
- Ferme dite de l'Espinasferme2 mi
- Château du Rourechâteau2 mi
- Église Saint-Michel de la Garde-Guérinéglise3 mi
- Château de la Garde-Guérinchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.