Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Notre-Dame d'Aures
Arvieu, Aveyron, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église, avec la croix de son cimetière, en totalité (cad. E 113, 112) : inscription par arrêté du 22 janvier 2004
- Protection dates
- 2004/01/22 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église, croix de cimetière
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 4e quart 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Later work
- 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Arvieu
- Département
- Aveyron
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.20319, 2.70828
- Mérimée reference
- PA12000030
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Languedoc." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le prieuré faisait partie du domaine de l'abbaye de Conques, et fut un centre important de pèlerinage suite à un miracle dû à la statue de la Vierge. L'église est agrandie aux 15e et 16e siècles, à partir d'un petit oratoire qui en est devenu le choeur. Décor sculpté sur les clés de voûte, les culots et le linteau de la porte d'entrée. Sacristie du 18e siècle.
English translation
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History
The priory was part of the estate of the abbey of Conques, and became an important pilgrimage centre following a miracle due to a statue of the Virgin. The church is enlarged in the 15th and 16th centuries, starting from a small oratory which became its choir. Sculptured decoration on the vault keys, corbels and the lintel of the entrance door. 18th century sacristy.