Cheylade

Cheylade is a common French, located in the department of the Cantal and the area Auvergne.

Geography

Cheylade is located on the plates of the northern slope of the Monts of the Cantal it is a village balcony which overhangs the valley of the Petite Rhue, bordered in the east by the Planèze of the Silt and in the west by that of Trizac.

History

With the Moyen-âge Cheylade which was called Chaszlada was a possession of the lords of Nonette, (close to Issoire). A church there was built and given to the Abbaye of Sauxillanges by Etienne I of Cheylade in the year 1029. This church was dedicated to Saint Leger, but left room to a new construction as from the 12th century.

At the 12th century the descendants of the lords of Cheylade took the title of Comtour de Valrus , the Black Death decimated part of the population, the Guerre One hundred Year old and the Wars of religion also made pay a heavy tribute with the population local.

The seigniory and the grounds will remain under the jurisdiction of the bishop S of Clermont until in 1592. They were seized like quite national under the French revolution, the Château was completely shaven in 1884.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Church Leger Saint

Romance church built at the 12th century, altered at the 15th century and 17th century. It is built in Rhyolite (volcanic stone of the country) and is covered with Lauze S of phonolite (a volcanic Lave which emits an almost crystalline sound when it is struck). The chorus and the apse are the oldest parts, the chorus opens by a triumphal arch which is pressed on sumontées columns the chapitaux one with sheets of Acanthe. The statue of Leger Saint dates from the 15th century One can also admire in front of the furnace bridge a granite cross dating from the Moyen-âge and at the bottom a stoup and baptismal font from the 15th century

The ceiling

It is the ceiling which is especially remarqable, it completion date of the 16th century and is composed of 1386 boxes of polychrome Bois, representing Fleur S, animal , characters, the cabalistic shapes of naive invoice. One finds there:

animals

the Dog, symbol of fidelity and honesty; the ass and the Horse, essential to the life of the every day; hens and a Fox, the fox representing the demon; the Dove, symbol of peace; the eagle…

the annimaux fantastic ones

the jellyfish gorgonne, which represents the dangers of the unknown; the basil born from an egg of Cock brooded by a dragon.

flowers and fruits

rosacées, eyelet S, Tulip S, Sunflower S, Bellflower S, fruits of the Vine…

other reasons

hearts, angels, bells, flowers of lily, and escutcheons of armorial bearings

Castle strong of Peuch , of 10th, increased at the 12th century, destroyed at the 14th century, on its remaining ramparts, the family Henri loubeyre recontruisit a house, which dominates the valley of cheylade, and which deals with the castle of Apchon, and which always appatient has its descendants, Doctor Brunet

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Cantal

External bonds

Cheylade on the site of the national geographical Institute
Cheylade on the site of INSEE
Cheylade on the site of Quid
Localization of Cheylade on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Cheylade on Mapquest

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