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Chapelle des Pénitents

Saugues, Haute-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La chapelle en totalité, y compris le retable, la tribune et ses bancs-coffres, la chaire, la clôture de choeur et son banc-clos, la sacristie et ses armoires (cad. AB 186) : inscription par arrêté du 11 octobre 2004
Protection dates
2004/10/11 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
4e quart 17e siècle, 4e quart 18e siècle
Dates
1681, 1783
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Commune
Saugues
Département
Haute-Loire
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.96034, 3.54649
Mérimée reference
PA43000044

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "La partie Septentrionale du Languedoc" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Chapelle construite en 1681 par la confrérie des Pénitents blancs, agrandie d'une sacristie en 1783, incendiée en 1788. A l'intérieur, retable du 18e siècle en bois sculpté provenant d'un couvent du Puy ; ensemble d'éléments de menuiserie et pièces de mobilier liées à l'activité pénitente. C'est l'une des rares chapelles de pénitents subsistant dans le département et une des seules à avoir été construites à cet usage exclusif.

English translation

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Chapel built in 1681 by the confraternity of the White Penitents, enlarged by a sacristy in 1783, burnt down in 1788. In the interior, retable of the 18th century in sculpted wood from a convent of the Puy; ensemble of elements of joinery and pieces of furnishings linked to penitent activity. It is one of the rare chapels of penitents surviving in the department and one of the only ones to have been built for this exclusive use.

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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