Église Saint-Victor-et-Sainte-Madeleine de Chastel-Marlhac

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The church Saint-Victor-et-Sainte-Madeleine is a Romanesque church located in Chastel-Marlhac, part of the commune of Monteil in the French department of Cantal in the Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes region.

History: The Romanesque church was built in the 12th century and modified in the 15th century. It was the seat of a priory of noble girls dependent on the abbey of Blesle in Brivadois. In 1794, the citizen Chou-fleur Roux, commander of a detachment sent by the Revolutionary Committee, dropped the bell tower, burned statues and other objects of worship in order to teach a lesson of revolutionary civicism to the inhabitants of Marchastel (Chastel-Marlhac?) whose children had ringed the tocsin. He demanded that all the peasants in the parish attend the ruin of their church and reported that the assistance was pouring tears and sobs that he attributed to their regret for defying the Goddess Reason. The church was erected as a branch of Monteil in 1808. The bell tower bears the date of its reconstruction in 1822.

Heritage status: The church has been listed as a historical monument since October 10, 1963.