Sacred places

11 juin 2007

Beaune-d' Allier

Beaune-d' Allier comes from Belna, (quoted under the name of Belna in 1394) of the name of Belenos (Gallic god), unquestionable site of a temple with Bélénos and Minerve on a source with the site of the Saint-Porcien vault. The Saint-Aignan church lost...

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11 juin 2007

The St. Lawrence church in Châtel-de-Neuvre

The Romance church of Châtel-of-Neuvre overhangs the meanders Allier river. The parish of Châtel-of-Neuvre belonged to the diocese of Clermont. The St. Lawrence church, located at the top of a hillock dominating the valley To combine it, occupies one...

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11 juin 2007

Church Saint Martin's day in Besson

A donation of September 20, 1077, of the bishop of Clermont, Durand, in Guillaume, prior of Saint-Pourçain on Sioule, makes appear Saint Martin's day de Besson among the possessions of the abbey of Tournus. At the revolution, the church was put at the...

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11 juin 2007

Saint-Pierre's church in Gipcy

Gipcy has a Gallic ethymology. The parish of Gipcy belonged formerly to the diocese of Bourges and depended on the abess of saint-Menoux.Built out of sandstones which vary yellow with the gray, it consists of a long nave of six spans with barrel vault...

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11 juin 2007

The Saint-Aignan church in Bègues

Of the Celt Nozzle or Beg meaning “advanced rock point”, Bègues overhangs the valley of Sioule and communicates with it by passages located between two escarpments.Many archaeological discoveries revealed the seniority of the site: a menhir, elements...

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11 juin 2007

Saint-Pourçain on Sioule, church Holy-Cross

The city was founded at the 5th century around a small monastery which at the time mérovingienne becomes an abbey then a rich person and powerful priory. It is starting from VIème century that one finds traces of the city in the history when Porcianus,...

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11 juin 2007

Church of the Holy Trinity in Autry-Issard

Autry-Issard belongs to the way of Saint-Jacob in Bourbonnais, which was reconsidered little time ago. A layout was established according to thorough research and was elaborate in order to propose to the pilgrim of the way of Jacques Saint in Bourbonnais...

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11 juin 2007

The Saint-Denis's church in Deux-Chaises

The church is Romance and dates from XIème and XIIème centuries. The parish of Two-Chairs belonged formerly to the diocese of Bourges. The church belonged to the Saint-Denis abbey close to Paris, then it passed in the possessions of that of Chapelaude...

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11 juin 2007

The Saint-Pourçain church of Naves

The occupation of naves seems very old. a megalith still located at the limit of the communes of Vicq, Saint-Bonnet-of-Rochefort and Naves attests human presence as of the Neolithic era. It represents a stylized owl.The commune was crossed by the Roman...

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11 juin 2007

Church Saint Martin's day in Coulandon

The Eastern part of the church dates from XIème century beginning XIIème century. In front of the pinion of frontage, a rectangular porch of plan was high in XVème century, called in the area caquetoire (place where one chatters). The square bell-tower,...

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