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Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour dans le Lot

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Chapelle romane
Eglise troglodyte
Lot

Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour

    Cité religieuse
    46500 Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Chapelle Saint-Michel de Rocamadour
Crédit photo : Pymouss - Sous licence Creative Commons

Heritage classified

See: Religious City (PA46000020)

Origin and history

The Chapel Saint-Michel de Rocamadour is a building integrated with the religious city of Rocamadour, classified as Historical Monuments under the reference PA46000020. Located in the Lot department (46), in the Occitanie region (formerly Midi-Pyrénées), it is part of an iconic architectural ensemble, nestled on a cliffside. Its exact location, although documented in the Merimée base with an approximate location (GPS coordinates: 5104 F Rocamadour), remains subject to an accuracy deemed fair (note 5/10) by contributors.

The information available, mainly from the Monumentum platform and the Mérimée internal data, underscores its membership in a major religious site. No date of construction, specific historical event, or key character is mentioned in the sources consulted. The chapel is associated with the Religious City of Rocamadour, a protected complex that attracts visitors and pilgrims, although details of its access (visits, services) are not explicitly specified in the data provided. The Creative Commons license of the associated photo (credit: Pymuss) indicates a desire to share heritage, without bringing additional historical elements.

The Insee code of the municipality (46240) and its attachment to the district of Cahors confirm its territorial anchoring in the Lot. However, the absence of a defined period or contextual elements in the source text limits the understanding of its architectural or spiritual evolution. The chapel is nevertheless part of a medieval landscape marked by pilgrimage, typical of Occitan shrines, where religious buildings played a central role in community life and tourism as early as the Middle Ages.

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