Curemonte No. 3 / Curamonta

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: the former parish church of Saint-Genest, now a museum

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: the former parish church of Saint-Genest, now a museum

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sauvegarde de l’Art Français, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph in Sauvegarde de l’Art Français [http://sauvegardeartfrancais.fr/curemonte-eglise-saint-genest/] [accessed 26 January 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20884CUR
Church/Chapel: Ancienne église Saint-Genest à Curemonte [now a museum]
Church Location: Hameau les Granges, 19500 Curemonte, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D15/D106, between Puy-d'Arnac (N) and Vegennes (S), just N of the Dordogne border. This church is located 1.5 km NNE of Curemonte
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Limousin
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: 14thC church now a museum of chiefly religious artifacts -- listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099758]: "14e siècle [...] La paroisse de Saint-Genest, annexe de la cure, de l'église Saint-Barthélémy, était propriété de la grande Prieure de Fieux de l'Hôpital-Beaulieu, ordre de Saint-Jean-de-Jérusalem, diocèse de Cahors. Elle fut des premières données par Saint-Rodolphe (860) à l'abbaye de Beaulieu. Saint-Genest dépendait de la châtellenie de Turenne par cinq villages et gardait encore son autonomie communale, sinon paroissiale, au début du 20e siècle."
[NB: we have no information on the font of the original church here]