Sainte-Foy de Conques
General Information
| Structural Type: |
Barrel vault
|
|---|---|
| Function / usage: |
Church
|
| Built: | 1045 - 1120 |
| Status: | in use |
Geographic Information & Related Structures
| Location: |
Conques, Aveyron (12), Midi-Pyrénées, France, Europe |
|---|---|
| Coordinates: | 44° 35' 57.00" N 2° 23' 53.00" E |
Technical Information
Dimensions
| exterior length | 56 m | |
| depth of radiating chapels | 3.60 m | |
| ambulatory | width | 3.80 m |
| nave | width | 6.80 m |
| length | 26.70 m | |
| height of nave vaulting | 22.10 m | |
| width of a side aisle | 3.80 m | |
| height of aisle vaulting | 10.50 m | |
| transept | width | 14.80 m |
| length | 34.80 m | |
| height of dome above transept | 26 m |
Materials
| arches |
stone
|
|---|---|
| shell |
stone
|
| columns |
stone
|
| walls |
stone
|
Participants
Currently there is no information available about persons or companies having participated in this project.
Relevant Web Sites
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art-roman.net: Conques
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Great Buildings Online: Ste.-Foy at Conques
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L'architecture religieuse en Occident: Abbaye de Conques
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Le tympan de Conques: description et interprétation du "tympan du Salut"
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Paradoxplace: Cathedral Ste-Foy de Conques
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Sacred Destinations: Church of Sainte-Foy, Conques
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Société Archéologique du Midi de la France: L'art des orfèvres à Conques
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Terres romanes: Conques
Relevant Publications
- Qu'est-ce que l'architecture?, Editions Gründ, Paris (France), ISBN 2700012232, 2005; pp. 261
- Histoire visuelle des Monuments de France, Larousse, Paris (France), ISBN 2035052017, 2003; pp. 48-51
- Rouergue roman, Editions Zodiaque, Saint-Léger-Vauban (France), ISBN 2736901487, 1990; pp. 29-31, 91-247
- Art & Architecture in Medieval France, Icon Editions (Harper & Row Publishers), New York (USA), ISBN 0064300226, 1972; pp. 30-36
Internal Information
| Structure-ID: | s0002177 |
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| Created: | 05/11/2001 |
| Last Updated: | 05/03/2013 |