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Chapelle Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Guirande

Felzins, Lot, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La chapelle (cad. A1 212) : inscription par arrêté du 20 août 2008
Protection dates
2008/08/20 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Felzins
Département
Lot
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.61367, 2.16390
Mérimée reference
PA46000040

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1781 map "16 Rodez." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Peut-être mentionnée dans les dépendances de Conques au 10e siècle, l'église se retrouve dans celles du prieuré limousin de Notre-Dame du Chalard du 12e au 18e siècle. L'édifice se compose d'une nef charpentée et d'une abside à chevet plat. La voûte de l'abside est portée par des ogives de section carrée, retombant sur des culots ornés de masques, datés de la fin du 12e ou du début du 13e siècle. Elle est entièrement peinte d'une évocation de la vision d'Ezechiel (le Christ en majesté encadré par le Tétramorphe) , accompagnée de deux scènes hagiographiques (martyr de Saint-Namphaise ; ravissement de Marie-Madeleine). Ce décor est daté autour de 1500.

English translation

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Perhaps mentioned in the dependencies of Conques in the 10th century, the church is found in those of the Limousin priory of Notre-Dame du Chalard from the 12th to the 18th century. The edifice comprises a timber-framed nave and an apse with a flat chevet. The vault of the apse is carried by ribs of square section, resting on corbels adorned with masks, dated to the end of the 12th or beginning of the 13th century. It is entirely painted with a representation of Ezekiel's vision (Christ in Majesty framed by the Tetramorph), accompanied by two hagiographical scenes (martyrdom of Saint-Namphaise; rapture of Mary Magdalen). This decoration is dated around 1500.

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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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