Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église paroissiale Saint-Genes
Saint-Geniez, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église en totalité (cad. E 92) : inscription par arrêté du 10 juin 1993
- Protection dates
- 1993/06/10 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 1ère moitié 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Geniez
- Département
- Alpes-de-Haute-Provence
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.24559, 6.05328
- Mérimée reference
- PA04000026
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The Delphinate of France. Davphine par Iean de Beins" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église, dédiée à Saint-Genes, soldat martyr romain, a été construite dans la première moitié du 17e siècle. Avant 1642, date de réalisation du retable du maître-autel, elle dépendait de l'archevêché de Gap. Depuis le 19e siècle, elle a subi d'importants travaux de consolidation, notamment les voûtes de la nef. L'édifice est constitué d'une nef principale de quatre travées, d'un bas-côté nord et d'un choeur rectangulaire à chevet plat.
English translation
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History
The church, dedicated to Saint-Genes, Roman soldier martyr, was constructed in the first half of the 17th century. Before 1642, the date of realisation of the retable of the high altar, it was under the archbishopric of Gap. Since the 19th century, it has undergone major consolidation works, notably the vaults of the nave. The building consists of a main nave of four bays, a north aisle and a rectangular choir with flat chevet.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de Dromonchapelle1 mi
- Roche ornée avec inscription gallo-romaine dite la Pierre Ecriteroche ornée2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.