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Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Cénaret de Saint-Chély-du-Tarn

Sainte-Enimie, Lozère, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Cénaret de Saint-Chély-du-Tarn (cad. M4 745) : inscription par arrêté du 20 octobre 1987
Protection dates
1987/10/20 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle, 17e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Sainte-Enimie
Département
Lozère
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.33482, 3.38377
Mérimée reference
PA00103917

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1780 map "55 Mende." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La chapelle est située sous un rocher formant l'entrée d'une grotte où une source forme déversoir d'un lac souterrain. L'édifice a subi de nombreuses reprises (nef en grande partie du 12e siècle, fenêtre du chevet du 14e siècle, portail du 15e siècle...). L'aspect de l'arc triomphal trapu et un peu surbaissé ainsi que son mode de construction font penser aux édifices pré-romans. Cette technique se retrouve sur le doubleau situé à l'ouest et sur les deux petites arcades visible sur le mur sud de la nef. Un chevet carré termine la construction.

English translation

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The chapel is situated beneath a rock forming the entrance to a cave where a spring forms the overflow of an underground lake. The building has undergone many repairs (nave largely from the 12th century, chevet window from the 14th century, portal from the 15th century...). The appearance of the squat and somewhat depressed triumphal arch as well as its method of construction suggest pre-Romanesque buildings. This technique is found again on the doubleau located to the west and on the two small arcades visible on the south wall of the nave. A square chevet terminates the construction.

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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