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Église paléochrétienne

Viviers, Ardèche, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. Ap 368) : classement par arrêté du 21 février 1994
Protection dates
1994/02/21 : classé MH
Type
site archéologique, église
Main period of construction
5e siècle, 6e siècle
Later work
11e siècle, 12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Viviers
Département
Ardèche
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.48045, 4.69112
Mérimée reference
PA00132970

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Les Estats de Savoye et de Piemont (southwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Basilique funéraire paléochrétienne constituée d'un bâtiment rectangulaire doté d'une abside outrepassée. Au centre de l'abside, une tombe est signalée par une couverture maçonnée. Dans la partie rectangulaire du bâtiment se situent les sarcophages et tombes sous tuiles. La dernière période d'occupation se situe aux 11e-12e siècles. Le lieu de culte semble dès lors colonisé par un habitat situé plus au sud.

English translation

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Early Christian basilica comprising a rectangular building with an outreaching apse. At the centre of the apse, a tomb is marked by a masonry cover. In the rectangular part of the building are situated the sarcophagi and tombs under tiles. The last period of occupation dates to the 11th-12th centuries. The place of worship appears then to have been colonized by a settlement situated further to the south.

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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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