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Église Notre-Dame de la Purification

Cassaniouze, Cantal, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le clocher (cad. AC 79) : inscription par arrêté du 12 février 2002
Protection dates
2002/02/12 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
Fin du Moyen Age
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Cassaniouze
Département
Cantal
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.69033, 2.38418
Mérimée reference
PA15000014

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "15 Aurillac." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église gothique construite aux 14e-15e siècles à l'emplacement d'une église romane, fut en grande partie détruite en 1906 pour faire place à une nouvelle église. Le choeur et une travée furent cependant conservés et subsistent avec la tour-clocher qui les surmontent. A l'intérieur, ces parties présentent des décors peints des 15e et 16e siècles assez originaux (décors géométriques, de damiers et d'entrelacs, faux marbres, faux caissons).

English translation

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The Gothic church built in the 14th-15th centuries on the site of a Romanesque church was largely destroyed in 1906 to make way for a new church. The choir and one bay were however preserved and remain with the bell tower that surmounts them. Inside, these parts present painted decoration from the 15th and 16th centuries of considerable originality (geometric decoration, chequered patterns and interlacing, false marbles, false coffering).

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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