Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Pourçain
Bort-l'Etang, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. A 1051) : inscription par arrêté du 25 novembre 1994
- Protection dates
- 1994/11/25 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle (?), 12e siècle (?), 15e siècle, 2e quart 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1844
- Architect or builder
- Mallay A. (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Bort-l'Etang
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.78333, 3.42642
- Mérimée reference
- PA00132796
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailBayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1588 map "Ortelius, Abraham: Theatro De La Tierra Universal. 0" (Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise romane du 11e ou 12e siècle, ayant conservé l'essentiel de ses structures d'origine et présentant des dispositions architecturales intéressantes, notammant ses arcs-doubleaux retombant sur corbeaux. Certaines parties, comme la tour d'escalier et la chapelle sud-est, ont dû être ajoutées au 15e siècle. Agrandissement et mise en place du décor intérieur en 1844 par l'architecte A. Mallay.
English translation
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History
Romanesque church of the 11th or 12th century, having preserved the essentials of its original structures and presenting interesting architectural arrangements, notably its double arches resting on corbels. Certain parts, such as the stair tower and the south-east chapel, must have been added in the 15th century. Enlargement and installation of interior decoration in 1844 by the architect A. Mallay.
Nearby in the register
- Villa de la Gagèremaison1 mi
- Châteauchâteau1 mi
- Château de La Gardechâteau1 mi
- Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomptionéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.