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La Chapelle du Rat is a Catholic chapel located in Peyrelevade, Corrèze department, New Aquitaine region. Built on a height close to the border with the Creuse, it dominates the local landscape. Its architecture combines ancient elements, potentially dating back to the seventeenth century, and parts rebuilt around 1890, according to available sources.

Classified as a historical monument by decree of 26 January 1927, this chapel bears witness to the rural religious heritage of the Corrèze. It was also used as a setting for Tony Richardson's film Mademoiselle (1966) with Jeanne Moreau, which gave him a cinematic reputation. The chapel now belongs to the municipality of Peyrelevade and remains an emblematic place of the territory.

Sources mention an approximate location at the place known as Le Rat, with geographical accuracy considered poor (level 5/10). Its listing in the inventory of historical monuments makes it a protected building, although details of its current use (visits, cults, etc.) are not explicitly documented in the available texts.

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