Lamontgie

Lamontgie is a common French, located in the department of the Puy-de-Dôme and the area Auvergne.

Geography

Located at some jets of arrows in the south-east of the town of Issoire, the commune of Lamontgie, located at the foot of the mounts of the Livradois, at some distances To combine it, comprises the small village of Mailhat which contains one of the most astonishing churches of countryside of the Puy-de-Dôme.

Localities and variations

Mailhat , formerly Maillat , old independent commune attached to Lamontgie in 1801.
Circoux
Terail

Communes bordering

in the Canton of Twins (District of Issoire):

Auzat-la-Combelle, It Vault-on-Usson and Esteil;

in the Canton of Saint-Germain-Lembron (District of Issoire):

Little nun and Orsonnette;

in the Canton of Sauxillanges (District of Issoire):

Bansat and Saint-Martin-of-Lime pits.

History

Parochial until the Revolution, the church Notre-Dame de Mailhat was built at the end of the 12th century by a school auvergnate having been subject to an influence Languedoc ienne. In January 2007, the Book of history-Lorisse in the collection " Monographs of the cities and villages of France" , has just republished Lamontgie and Esteil , the historical note of Doctor Coste (1903). This new work is a facsimile of the original edition. It was drawn with 300 numbered specimens.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

Although of modest, the church of Mailhat, old size Chapelle of the Prieuré Clunisien of Sauxillanges has a carved program which does not have anything to envy those of the major churches of Low-Auvergne.

Equipped with a single nave, a chorus in clover plan and with a Narthex typically auvergnats, this building underwent some installations at the 14th century: the Abside was elevated several meters to receive a strengthened part. This Apse, of polygonal form, adopts an architectural structure frequently employed in certain churches of the area, as with Auzon for the Collégiale the St. Lawrence.

In addition to its architecture characteristic of the area, the monument offers an exceptional southern gate: Voussure S in semicircular arch rest on an alignment of posts with Chapiteau X, of which some, out of blue marble, are re-employments of Gallo-Roman time .

The Sculpture S on the oven walls represent Poisson S, a Femme with the centres bitten by Serpent S, squatted characters. Lust, avarice, defects seem to invade the outside of the monument, also adapting the many ones modillons with the disconcerting simiesques faces.

Inside, of the Angel S, of the bearded men, squatted, the capital X are monopolized. Atlantes answer of the Sirène S tail bifide; a Chouette absorbs a tortoise…

Personalities related to the commune

See too

Common of the Puy-de-Dôme

External bonds

friends of the church of Mailhat
Data bases history on the Historical commune of Lamontgie
of the “Vault of Lamontgie” (future church)
Lamontgie on the site of the national geographical Institute
Lamontgie on the site of INSEE
Lamontgie on the site of Quid
Localization of Lamontgie on a chart of France and communes bordering
Plane on Lamontgie on Mapquest
Lamontgie and historical Esteil Note of Dr. Coste

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