Musée lapidaire

About the museum

The Musée lapidaire was created in 1950 by Father Douissard, parish priest of Mozac, and Pierre Sabatier, curator of the museums of Riom. Since 1967 it has been taken over and enriched by the association Club historique mozacois. It displays an important group of Romanesque sculptures and archaeological remains from the abbey.

The abbey church of Saint-Pierre was rebuilt after the earthquake of 1451, which had destroyed the chevet, transept and cloister. The fallen Romanesque stones were then reused in the new Gothic walls. Since 1980, the Club historique mozacois has recovered thirty-two Romanesque capitals there, which complete the collection.

The collections belong to the municipality and are managed by the museum service of Riom Limagne et Volcans. The abbey has been a Cluniac site since 1095; its Carolingian crypt can be visited freely in summer.

Highlights

• Romanesque sculptures and archaeological remains from the abbey of Mozac
• Thirty-two Romanesque capitals recovered from the walls of the abbey church since 1980
• Carolingian crypt of the abbey church, freely open in summer
• 11th-century Romanesque abbey church with numerous historiated capitals

Founded

1950

Operated by

Commune de Mozac ; collections gérées par le service des musées de Riom Limagne et Volcans

Visitors per year

approx. 973

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