Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Sainte-Madeleine
Mentières, Cantal, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 427) : inscription par arrêté du 10 novembre 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/11/10 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle, 17e siècle
- Later work
- 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Mentières
- Département
- Cantal
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.07015, 3.13791
- Mérimée reference
- PA15000003
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 1780 map "54 Saint-Flour." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise construite au 12e siècle, agrandie d'une chapelle au 15e siècle et d'un clocher au 17e siècle. Elle a conservé son authenticité et son décor peint du 19e siècle. Originalité des chapiteaux historiés.
English translation
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History
Church built in the 12th century, enlarged with a chapel in the 15th century and a bell tower in the 17th century. It has retained its authenticity and its painted decoration from the 19th century. The originality of its historiated capitals is notable.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.