Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Gergovie
La Roche-Blanche, Puy-de-Dôme, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. AB 182) : inscription par arrêté du 24 mai 1996
- Protection dates
- 1996/05/24 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 16e siècle
- Later work
- 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- La Roche-Blanche
- Département
- Puy-de-Dôme
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.71280, 3.12645
- Mérimée reference
- PA63000006
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1712 map "Les Provinces et Gouvernemens Du Lionnois ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise fortifiée avec son presbytère à l'étage. Eglise du 11e siècle, possédant un portail Renaissance et des chapiteaux historiés. Le mobilier et le décor intérieur datent du 19e siècle.
English translation
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History
Fortified church with its presbytery on the upper floor. Church of the 11th century, possessing a Renaissance portal and historiated capitals. The furnishings and interior decoration date from the 19th century.
Nearby in the register
- Oppidum de Gergoviesite archéologiqueunder 1 mi
- Croix de chemincroix de chemin2 mi
- Domaine de Varvassechâteau2 mi
- Église d'Opmeéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.