Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Saturnin
Palairac, Aude, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise, y compris les autels et la grille de communion (cad. B 124) : inscription par arrêté du 28 janvier 1998
- Protection dates
- 1998/01/28 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 14e siècle
- Later work
- 18e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Palairac
- Département
- Aude
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.95591, 2.66144
- Mérimée reference
- PA11000012
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "19 Carcassonne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Première mention de l'église en 1119. Edifice médiéval d'une grande simplicité comprenant une nef romane voûtée en berceau brisé. Contre cette nef ont été greffées au 14e siècle deux chapelles à croisées d'ogives formant transept. L'entrée se fait au nord. Sur le mur pignon occidental se trouve un clocheton carré recouvert d'une toiture en bâtière de tuiles creuses. Dispositions liturgiques dans le choeur du 18e siècle : autels Louis XV en maçonnerie et placages de marbre, table de communion en fer forgé. Réparations au 19e siècle : construction de la sacristie (1861) , tribune reconstruite (1877) , toiture du porche réparée (1879) , ...
English translation
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History
First mention of the church in 1119. Medieval edifice of great simplicity comprising a Romanesque nave vaulted with a broken barrel vault. Against this nave were added in the 14th century two chapels with rib vaults forming a transept. The entrance is on the north. On the western gable wall is found a small square bell cote covered with a roof of curved tiles. Liturgical arrangements in the choir of the 18th century: Louis XV altars in masonry and marble veneering, communion table in wrought iron. Repairs in the 19th century: construction of the sacristy (1861), gallery rebuilt (1877), porch roof repaired (1879), ...
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.