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Église de la Nativité

Allerey-sur-Saône, Saône-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. AM 39) : classement par arrêté du 25 octobre 2001
Protection dates
2001/10/25 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
1er quart 18e siècle
Dates
1714
Architect or builder
LEBAULT Claude (peintre)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Allerey-sur-Saône
Département
Saône-et-Loire
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
46.90558, 4.98484
Mérimée reference
PA00113066

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1682 map "Utriusque Burgundiae, tum Ducatus tum Comitatus, Descriptio." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Eglise construite de 1714 à 1716 par des maçons italiens sur l'ancienne église dont la travée de la tour de clocher les chapelles latérales ont été conservées. Edifice en croix latine couverte de voûtes d'arêtes et d'une coupole sur la croisée du transept. Claude Lebault, peintre du roi, décore la coupole de 1716 à 1726. Portail latéral sud pris dans une travée d'ordre toscan. Portail occidental contemporain de la reconstruction de l'édifice, abritant une statue de la Vierge à l'enfant du 18e siècle.

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Church built from 1714 to 1716 by Italian masons on the old church, of which the bay of the bell tower and the lateral chapels were preserved. Building in Latin cross covered with groin vaults and a dome on the crossing of the transept. Claude Lebault, painter to the king, decorated the dome from 1716 to 1726. South lateral portal set in a bay of Tuscan order. Western portal contemporary with the rebuilding of the building, sheltering a statue of the Virgin and Child from the 18th century.

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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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