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Église Notre-Dame-de-la-Nativité

Monsec, Dordogne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1925
Protection dates
1925/06/09 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Monsec
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.42147, 0.53307
Mérimée reference
PA00082683

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1711 map "Le Gouvernement General De Guinne et Gascogne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise construite d'un seul jet au début du 16e siècle (1508). La disposition du plan est des plus simples : un rectangle divisé en trois travées ; les deux travées d'extrémité à peu près carrées, celle du milieu moins longue, portant clocher. Trois grandes fenêtres géminées, à meneaux et broderies dans la partie supérieure. Celle-ci, aménagée pour la défense, présente une série de créneaux. La partie haute du clocher, sur les faces nord et sud, a été refaite. En dehors de cette restauration, l'édifice a gardé intactes ses dispositions primitives.

English translation

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Church built all at once at the beginning of the 16th century (1508). The arrangement of the plan is very simple: a rectangle divided into three bays; the two end bays approximately square, the middle one shorter, carrying the bell tower. Three large twin windows, with mullions and tracery in the upper part. This part, fitted out for defence, presents a series of crenellations. The upper part of the bell tower, on the north and south faces, was remade. Apart from this restoration, the building has preserved its original arrangements intact.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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