Carennac

Carennac is a common French, located in the department of the Lot and the area the Midday-Pyrenees.

Its inhabitants is called Carennacois.

Geography

Carennac one of the more beautiful villages of France is located at 66 km in the North-East of Gourdon.

Small commune served by the station of Bétaille, on the line of Aurillac to Brive, Carennac is in the center of an area rich in natural curiosities and historic sites of a great interest: with a few kilometers, the pit of Padirac and a high-place of Pilgrimage: Rocamadour. Bathed by water of the the Dordogne, tightened around a Priory founded Clunisien at the 11th century, the village preserved its aspect Médiéval and each stone tells a history there.

The hydrometric station of Carennac to supervise the the Dordogne is located at the foot of one of the piles of the bridge.

History

Time when it named Carendenacus , Carennac was a medieval village gathered around a church dedicated to holy Sernin and depend on the abbey of Cluny. Under the impulse of this large abbey, the parish became priory and undertook the construction of the current church Saint-Pierre, building Romance of the 11th century. The castle of the Seniors, built at the 16th century, sheltered 1681 with 1685 celebrates it François de Salignac de Lamothe, said Fénelon, future archbishop of Cambrai, which chooses this happy corner of ground to write the Adventures of Télémaque .

Administration

|- | align=right| 1995 - 2001 || Jacques Garralon ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| 1989 - 1995 || Evariste Marty ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| 1983 - 1989 || Louis Barrier ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| 1977 - 1983 || Jean Cazalas ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| 1965 - 1977 || Louis Barrier ||align=" center" | || |- | align=right| 1953? - 1965 || Ferdinand Maury ||align=" center" | ||

Demography

Places and monuments

The village of Carennac developed as from the 11th century, after the foundation of a priory about Cluny. Blotti along the fortifications of the monastery, Carennac preserves many aspects of the Moyen-âge. Its church Saint-Pierre is a very beautiful Romance building equipped with splendid a tympanum of the 12th century. Its Cloister , rebuilt at the 15th century after the War One hundred Year old, shelters in its chapter house famous the Mise at the tomb , sculpture of the end of the 15th century of a rare perfection.

At the 16th century, the construction of the castle of the Senior is carried out with his white stone frontage of the country, the windows with Meneau X, the carved attic windows. The castle is one of the elements of the priory-senior of Carennac, built at the 16th century to be a prestigious housing of the senior. Rooms and galleries are organized on four levels around a staircase, broad and imposing.

The castle of the Seniors

Quadrilateral of 20 m out of 10, dating from the 16th century, it acts of a beautiful deprived residence, built out of stone of size, including/understanding, with the roofs, three stages of apartments. A spiral staircase serves all the height of the building. On the first floor the room of pageantry is, best preserved at present. The ceiling with projecting beams of the 17th century is painted of Rinceau X, flowerets, baskets and various mythological subjects. The castle shelters now Space inheritance of the country of art and history of the valley of the the Dordogne. It presents a permanent exposure in free access, which makes it possible to discover the natural wealth, patrimonial and architectural of this country labellized “Country of art and history” by the ministry for the Culture.

The cloister

Place of meditation for the monks. It is composed of two parts of different times: the part contiguous to the Romance church with its geminated bays date of the 12th century. The three other galleries were rebuilt in Gothic style blazing at the 15th century. Each gallery is opened by bays with rubble fillings. One finds there the chapter house, where the monks met, who was altered at several times, before being used as cistern during nearly two centuries. It recently was restored and shelters a Mise at the tomb of the end of the 15th century, Bas-relief S of the 15th century representing the Passion of Christ, and a series of statues of saint (E) S of invoice more popular.

The Saint-Pierre church

Romance construction of the end of the 11th century increased in the middle of XII E of a porch decorated with superb a tympanum carved . This tympanum rests laterally on a beam of four columns acting as Trumeau. It offers to the glances a vision symbolic system end of time. Occupying all the height of the tympanum, Christ in majesty holding the Book and blessing, sat on a richly decorated throne. The symbols of the four evangelists surround it while the apostles, divided on two registers, contemplate the celestial vision. The church includes/understands three naves separated by thick pillars, plus a line of vaults on the northern side. It has about thirty carved capitals of interlacing and palmettes. A bell-tower Romance, square, rises with the top of transept crossing. A Known as of three dead and the three sharp ones, mural representation showing three young gentlemen challenged in a cemetery by three died, which point out to them the brevity of the life and the importance of the hello of their heart

The Setting with the tomb

This sculpture date completion of the 15th century. It is impressive by the painful expression of the characters, natural size, in the center of which is the Virgin Mary who cries, constant by Jean saint, Marie, wife of Cléophas, Marie-Salome and Marie-madeleine. The Christ, whose face east impresses softness, is wide on a stone table. The shroud is supported by Joseph d' Arimathie, on the right, and Nicodème, on the left, the two disciples who detached from the Cross the body of Christ and buried it.

Other

The village of Carennac preserves many houses of XVe and XVIe centuries. One can also notice a tower of staircase of XVIe century, located not far from a bridge on Méderic, vis-a-vis the island of Calypso.

Personalities related to the commune

Most famous: François de Pons de Salignac of Mothe-Fénelon , known as Fénelon , born the August 6th 1651. The island of Télémaque, between two arms of the the Dordogne opposite Carennac, owes him its name since it is in the church of Carennac that he would have written his work of the same title.

See too

Common of the Batch

External bonds

the official site of the town hall
the site of the tourist office of Carennac
Carennac on the site of the national geographical Institute
Carennac on the site of INSEE
Carennac on the site of Quid
Localization of Carennac on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Carennac on Mapquest
the site of the “Friends of Carennac”

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