Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Marc de Piène Haute
Breil-sur-Roya, Alpes-Maritimes, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. N 1445) : inscription par arrêté du 3 novembre 1987
- Protection dates
- 1987/11/03 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Breil-sur-Roya
- Département
- Alpes-Maritimes
- Region
- Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.90304, 7.51579
- Mérimée reference
- PA00080675
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1680 map "Riviera di Genova di Ponente" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Une première église existait à cet emplacement en 1422. L'église actuelle, baroque (fronton curviligne) , remonte au début du 18e siècle et contient plusieurs retables baroques. Un escalier à double révolution permet d'accéder au porche d'entrée. Le décor intérieur est peint en faux marbre et en trompe-l'oeil.
English translation
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History
A first church existed at this location in 1422. The present church, baroque (curved pediment), dates from the beginning of the 18th century and contains several baroque altarpieces. A double-flight staircase provides access to the entrance porch. The interior decoration is painted in false marble and trompe-l'oeil.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de la Visitation ou chapelle des Pénitentschapelleunder 1 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Antoine-l'Hermitechapelle2 mi
- Porte d'Italieporte de ville2 mi
- Chapelle Sainte-Catherinne (ancienne chapelle des Pénitents Blancs)chapelle2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.