Église Saint-Médulphe - Saint-Myon, France
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N 45° 59.665 E 003° 07.910
31T E 510209 N 5093435
[EN] Saint-Médulphe church in the Romanesque style of the twelfth, thirteenth and eighteenth centuries. [FR] Église Saint-Médulphe de style roman auvergnat des XIIe, XIIIe et XVIIIe siècles.
Waymark Code: WMW0F9
Location: Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France
Date Posted: 06/21/2017
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member veritas vita
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Church of the end of the 11th or the beginning of the 12th century, of Romanesque style Auvergnat.

The building consists of a nave ending with a choir with cul-de-four. Two aisles meet in ambulatory around the apse.

On the choir open three semicircular radiating chapels. In the 13th century, a portal was added to the west and, in the 18th century, a square tower on the western span.

Sources : The Church

Eglise de la fin du 11e ou du début du 12e siècle, de style roman auvergnat.

L'édifice se compose d'une nef se terminant par un choeur avec cul-de-four. Deux bas-côtés se rejoignent en déambulatoire autour de l'abside.

Sur le choeur ouvrent trois chapelles rayonnantes demi circulaires. Au 13e siècle, ajout d'un portail à l'ouest et, au 18e siècle, d'une tour carrée sur la travée occidentale.

Sources : L’Eglise

Building Materials: Stone

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