Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Jean
Molières, Dordogne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église en totalité (cad. B 1106) : inscription par arrêté du 28 janvier 2013
- Protection dates
- 2013/01/28 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 2e moitié 13e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Molières
- Département
- Dordogne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.81009, 0.82416
- Mérimée reference
- PA00082648
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Primitivement, l'église avait une seule nef . Au 15e siècle, y fut ajouté une seconde nef sur croisées d'ogives. Le clocher carré est resté intact et date de la construction de la bastide par Edouard III d'Angleterre en 1286.
English translation
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History
Originally, the church had a single nave. In the 15th century, a second nave on rib vaults was added to it. The square bell tower remained intact and dates from the construction of the bastide by Edward III of England in 1286.
Nearby in the register
- Maison à arcades du 14e sièclemaisonunder 1 mi
- Ruines du château-fortchâteau fortunder 1 mi
- Manoir de Sautetmanoirunder 1 mi
- Grotte ornée souterraine de Cussacgrotte ornée2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.