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Prieuré

Salt-en-Donzy, Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le prieuré en totalité (cad. A 357) , le terrain attenant (cad. A 356) et la parcelle A 358 : inscription par arrêté du 29 septembre 2003
Protection dates
2003/09/28 : inscrit MH
Type
prieuré, site archéologique
Main period of construction
Gallo-romain, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Salt-en-Donzy
Département
Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
45.73739, 4.28880
Mérimée reference
PA42000019

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The Province and citie of Lions. Lyonnois forest et Beaujolois" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'ancien prieuré comprend encore des restes d'élévations antiques et des maçonneries gallo-romaines dans les sous-sols, traces d'un sanctuaire gallo-romain. Le bourg comprend les vestiges d'un complexe associant sans doute au sanctuaire des thermes, un théâtre et une source chaude. Après la période gallo-romaine, le site est abandonné jusqu'à la création du prieuré au 10e siècle, dont il subsiste le logis du prieur, tour quadrangulaire édifiée vers le 15e siècle. Il est repris et agrandi à la fin du 15e siècle (escalier à vis de la tour hexagonale). Le bâtiment est vendu comme bien national à la Révolution.

English translation

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The former priory still comprises remains of antique elevations and Gallo-Roman masonry in the sub-basements, traces of a Gallo-Roman sanctuary. The town comprises the remains of a complex associating doubtless with the sanctuary thermal baths, a theatre and a hot spring. After the Gallo-Roman period, the site is abandoned until the creation of the priory in the 10th century, of which remains the prior's dwelling, a quadrangular tower built around the 15th century. It is taken up and enlarged at the end of the 15th century (spiral staircase of the hexagonal tower). The building is sold as national property at the Revolution.

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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