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Église Saint-Marcellin

La Chapelle-Bertin, Haute-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. A 111) : inscription par arrêté du 28 octobre 1993
Protection dates
1993/10/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
La Chapelle-Bertin
Département
Haute-Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.21948, 3.64837
Mérimée reference
PA00125282

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1769 map "53 Brioude, Issoire." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église et le prieuré sont mentionnés à partir de 1252. La cure relevait de l'évêque du Puy et le prieuré dépendait des moines de la Chaise-Dieu. L'édifice, d'origine romane, a dû être construit au 12e siècle. Les voûtes ont dû s'effondrer à une époque indéterminée et être remplacées par un lambris. Le clocher a été construit en 1834. Edifice à nef unique et choeur à abside en cul-de-four reposant sur une arcature soutenue par des colonnes à chapiteaux. Parmi ces chapiteaux, l'un figure une sirène entourée de deux orants, un autre porte des têtes mutilées et un troisième des feuilles d'acanthe.

English translation

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The church and priory are mentioned from 1252 onwards. The curacy was subject to the bishop of Le Puy and the priory was dependent on the monks of La Chaise-Dieu. The building, of Romanesque origin, must have been built in the 12th century. The vaults must have collapsed at an indeterminate time and been replaced by a ceiling. The bell tower was built in 1834. Building with a single nave and choir with an apse in the form of a cul-de-four resting on an arcature supported by columns with capitals. Among these capitals, one depicts a mermaid surrounded by two orantes, another bears mutilated heads and a third acanthus leaves.

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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