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Church of Saint-Genès, Thiers

Coordinates: 45°51′12″N 3°32′54″E / 45.8533°N 3.5483°E / 45.8533; 3.5483
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The church in 2017

The Church of Saint-Genès (French: Église Saint-Genès de Thiers) is a 12th-century, formerly collegiate, church dedicated to the local martyr Saint Genesius of Thiers (Saint Genès) and situated in the medieval city of Thiers in the department of Puy-de-Dôme in France.[1] The church combines Romanesque and Gothic architecture[1] and possesses the biggest dome of Auvergne with a surface of 102m².[2]

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  1. ^ a b Base Mérimée: Eglise Saint-Genès, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
  2. ^ "COLLÉGIALE SAINT-GENÈS A THIERS, PUY-DE-DOME". www.auvergne-centrefrance.com. Retrieved 2018-04-08.

45°51′12″N 3°32′54″E / 45.8533°N 3.5483°E / 45.8533; 3.5483