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Église Saint-Saturnin

Boule-d'Amont, Pyrénées-Orientales, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 294) : inscription par arrêté du 23 octobre 1972
Protection dates
1972/10/23 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Boule-d'Amont
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
42.57926, 2.61392
Mérimée reference
PA00103969

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1662 map "Comitatus Ruscinonis, vulgo Rousillon, in quo Episcopatus Helenensis, Gallicè Evesché d'Elne ou de Perpignan / [Joan Blaeu]" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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Orientée à l'est, l'église comporte une nef unique et une abside demi-circulaire extérieurement décorée d'arcatures. Une chapelle latérale a été tardivement construite au nord et une sacristie y a été ajoutée plus récemment. Entre la nef et l'abside s'intercalle un rappel de choeur correspondant à l'arc triomphal. Le mur ouest est surmonté d'un clocher-arcade à deux baies, l'étage supérieur en retraite. Refaite en 1736 et 1867, la porte occidentale a conservé, ou reçu en réemploi, des vantaux anciens munis de ferrures. Chaque vantail est décoré de trois pentures à spirales symétriques, assujetties par des clous à tête ronde. De simples fers plats complètent cet assemblage.

English translation

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Oriented to the east, the church comprises a single nave and a semi-circular apse externally decorated with arcatures. A lateral chapel was built late to the north and a sacristy was added to it more recently. Between the nave and the apse is interposed a reminder of the choir corresponding to the triumphal arch. The west wall is surmounted by a porch tower arcade with two openings, the upper storey recessed. Remade in 1736 and 1867, the western door has retained, or received in reuse, old leaves fitted with ironwork. Each leaf is decorated with three spiralling hinges symmetrically disposed, secured by round-headed nails. Simple flat ironwork completes this assembly.

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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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