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Chapelle de Briailles

Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, Allier, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La chapelle, conformément au plan joint à l’arrêté (cad. YP 47) : inscription par arrêté du 18 mars 2016
Protection dates
2016/03/18 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Commune
Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule
Département
Allier
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
46.30289, 3.32958
Mérimée reference
PA03000052

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Carte du Pais de Bourbonois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Bâtie sur un site occupé dès l’époque gallo-romain, la chapelle de Briailles est le fruit de deux tranches de construction : au XIIe siècle, un premier édifice à nef unique et abside demi-circulaire, correspondant à l’actuelle nef ; au XIIIe siècle, un prolongement vers l’est, fermé par un chevet plat. Vers 1671, une litre funéraire dédiée au baron Bianki, d’origine polonaise et seigneur du château voisin, est peinte sur les murs. Sous la Révolution, la chapelle est désaffectée, vendue comme bien national et transformée en bâtiment agricole. Elle est remise en état et rendue au culte en 1896.

English translation

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Built on a site occupied since the Gallo-Roman period, the chapel of Briailles is the result of two building campaigns: in the 12th century, a first building with single nave and semi-circular apse, corresponding to the present nave; in the 13th century, an extension to the east, closed by a flat chevet. Around 1671, a funeral heraldic border dedicated to Baron Bianki, of Polish origin and lord of the neighbouring château, was painted on the walls. During the Revolution, the chapel was deconsecrated, sold as a national property and converted into an agricultural building. It was restored and returned to worship in 1896.

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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