ChurchPuy-de-Dôme

Basilique Notre-Dame-du-Port de Clermont-Ferrand

Clermont-Ferrand

Dimensions

chevet with radiating chapels, nave 45 m long, transept rising to 22 m

Period

Built between 1120–1130 and the end of the 12th century; UNESCO-listed in 1998 as part of the routes of Santiago de Compostela

What stands there

carved capitals among the richest in Auvergne

One of the five great Romanesque basilicas of Auvergne, known for its chevet with radiating chapels and its Mozarabic-style mosaic of volcanic stones. The present statue of the Black Madonna, in walnut painted ebony-black and 31 cm high, is a copy made in 1734 by the sculptor Pacquin, inspired by Byzantine Virgins in Majesty; devotion to an earlier Black Madonna on this site is attested as early as 1468 under Louis XI, the original having since disappeared. The basilica is a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Routes of Santiago de Compostela.

Getting there : Free admission

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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Nearby

Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de ClermontCathedral · Clermont-Ferrand · 0.4 km
Plateau de GergovieSacred hill · La Roche-Blanche · 7.1 km
Puy de DômeSacred mountain · Orcines · 9.8 km
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de MarsatChurch · Marsat · 11 km
Abbaye de Mozac, tête de pont clunisienne en AuvergneMonastery / hospice · Mozac · 12 km
Basilique Notre-Dame d'OrcivalChurch · Orcival · 22 km

This place in the great stories

The Black Madonnas: Romanesque majesties, revolutionary pyres and the mystery of the colourVirgins in Majesty of the 10th-12th centuries; blackening attested from the late Middle…

In the same department

All places — Puy-de-Dôme (14).