Saint-Nectaire, Puy-de-Dôme

Saint- Nectaire is a French municipality with 724 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2011 ) in the Puy -de- Dôme in the Auvergne region. Nationally known, it is mainly by two things:

  • The Romanesque former priory church Notre- Dame-du -Mont- Cornadore de Saint- Nectaire
  • Named after the city of Saint- Nectaire cheese, which is produced here and in the surrounding area.

Furthermore, the city has thermal waters.

  • 3.1 The Romanesque former priory of Saint- Nectaire

Geography

Saint- Nectaire is located in the eastern part of the massif Monts Dore, which in turn is part of the Massif Central. The city is divided into two parts, Saint- Nectaire -le-Haut with the Romanesque church on the southern slope of the valley and Saint- Nectaire -le- Bas with the thermal springs in the valley below.

History

Dolmens and menhirs

Saint- Nectaire still has many testimonies of the Neolithic era, for example, so there are still five dolmens and menhirs two in the vicinity of the village to see. Immediately on Mont Cornadore, that is not far from the later Christian church, there is a dolmen of major proportions. Again, the not so rare close proximity falls between the early places of worship and a Christian church on (as in the cathedral of Le Mans or in long stone).

Antique and Migration Period

Neolithic stone circles were later often religious centers Celtic peoples, especially those in this extraordinary size. One can only guess for this dolmen which, however. The region of Auvergne Basse was in any case settled by the Gallic tribe of the Arverni, whose name is in the to find the Région again. After Caesar had defeated in the year 52 BC in Alesia (Burgundy ) the Gauls under Vercingetorix, the Romans also occupied the land of averna civitas (from the 1st to the 3rd century ), which thus became the Gallic province. One speaks of the Gallo- Roman period, for which the use of the thermal sources is detected in the region.

Attractions

The Romanesque former priory of Saint- Nectaire

The former priory church Notre- Dame-du -Mont- Cornadore de Saint- Nectaire is built in the typical of the Auvergne variant of the Romanesque church architecture and traditions. It is one of the five Romanesque main churches in the Puy -de- Dôme, together with the Collegiate Church of Notre -Dame du Port, Clermont- Ferrand, the Notre-Dame Basilica in Orcival, the monastery church Saint- Austremoine in Issoire and the Church of Saint - Saturnin. Particularly striking and unique is the increase of the transept, the barlong as massif or auvergnatischer crossbar is referred to in the Romanesque churches of the Auvergne.

Personalities

  • Jean -Charles de La Ferté (1685-1771), Marquis of Saint- Nectaire, Count of Saint- Victour, Marshal of France
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