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The Church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assumption of Ameugny, located in the department of Saône-et-Loire in Burgundy-Franche-Comté, is a Romanesque building built in two major phases: the bedside and the bell tower at the end of the 11th century, followed by the nave at the end of the 12th century. Its existence was attested as early as 1050 under the name Ecclesia Sancta Maria de Ammoniaco, then mentioned in 1247 as attached to the Saint Vincent chapter of Mâcon. The architecture is distinguished by a sober semicircular bedside and a Romanesque bell tower with three contrasting registers, adorned with Lombardic bands and curved bays.

Ranked a historical monument by decree of 22 October 1913, the church owes this protection to the intervention of the Académie de Mâcon, which had reported it in 1912 among the 12 oldest and most remarkable buildings in the district. The interior preserves notable elements such as six funerary slabs (XVIIth–XIXth centuries), a 16th century mural depicting two bishops, and traces of a funeral liter. The vault, rebuilt in 1675, and restorations in the 19th and 20th centuries testify to its continuous maintenance.

Today, the church remains an active Catholic place of worship, integrated into the parish of Saint-Augustin in North-Clunisois. Its western portal framed with columns, its wall paintings classified in 1973, and its historical role in the diocese of Autun make it a major religious and architectural heritage of the region. Restoration works, such as those carried out in 1987 by J. Bourgoin on frescoes, underline the attention paid to its preservation.

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