Millevaches / Millevacas / Miuvachas

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view of church exterior - east view

Scene Description: the late-19thC church; the medieval church that burned down in 1871 was documented by 1048

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eglises de Corrèze, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Jean-François Amelot, in Eglises de Corrèze [http://eglises.de.correze.online.fr/] [accessed 22 February 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21022MIL
Church/Chapel: Egkise paroissiale du Sacré-Coeur [ancien prévôté, puis prieuré, sous l’invocation de sainte Marie-Madeleine]
Church Patron Saints: Sacred Heart [earlier church dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene]
Church Location: 19290 Millevaches, France
Country Name: France
Location: Corrèze, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D36-D164 crossroads, just N of Chavanac, NW of Ussel
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tulle [ancien diocèse de Limoges]
Historical Region: Parc naturel régional de Millevaches, Limousin
Date: ca. 1048?
Century and Period: 11th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church Notes: church here before 1048; destroyed by fire in 1871; re-built thereafter
[NB: we have no information on the font of the ca. 1048 church destroyed by fire in 1871].