Église Saint-Léger de Cheylade
Cheylade, France
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The Church of Saint-Léger in Cheylade, a small commune in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region, is an 11th-century Romanesque edifice built of volcanic stone with a slate roof. Severely damaged during the Hundred Years' War, the church underwent multiple reconstructions and modifications between the 15th and 17th centuries, with further restoration in the 19th century. Originally affiliated with the diocese of Clermont, it has belonged to the diocese of Saint-Flour since the French Revolution. The austere interior contains little sculptural embellishment, but the church is distinguished by a remarkable wooden coffered ceiling of 1,360 painted squares, probably executed in the 18th century by an anonymous artist with simple Christian symbolic motifs in polychrome. These distinctive ceiling paintings secured the building's designation as a classified historical monument in 1963.
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- church building
- Heritage
- classified historical monument
- Place
- Cheylade, France
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