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Origin and history

The former chapel of the Clôtra, located in Thiers in Puy-de-Dôme, is a Romanesque building founded in 1016, but its current construction dates back mainly to the 12th century. Depending on the church of Saint-Genès, she shared its orientation with three aligned naves. Although profoundly redesigned in the 19th century, it retains significant architectural elements such as its western facade, marked by a door in the middle of a window-framed hanger and surmounted by a quadrilobed rosette.

The western facade, classified as a Historical Monument in 1979, has a large archvolt in the middle of the circle dominating the whole. On the first floor, two grooved archvolts adorned with saw teeth recall old openings, while the gable retains similar traces. In the east, the chapel overlooks a garden, a former cemetery of the church of Saint-Genès, highlighting its historical link to this nearby place of worship.

Today owned by the municipality of Thiers, the chapel illustrates the architectural evolution of medieval religious buildings, between Romanesque heritage and subsequent transformations. Its present state only retains the general volume of origin, reflecting the changes experienced over the centuries. The accuracy of its location remains poor (level 5/10), and its current access or use is not specified in available sources.

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