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Église Saint-Pierre

Abzac, Gironde, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. AB 197) : inscription par arrêté du 28 novembre 2011
Protection dates
2011/11/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Abzac
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.01744, -0.12707
Mérimée reference
PA00083104

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Governo Generale della Guienna" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église Saint-Pierre, église romane à l'origine, a été remaniée au 19ème siècle. Son orientation a été alors changée, l'abside démolie et un chevet plat a été élevé à l'ouest. Seule la travée sous coupole, remontant au 12ème siècle et précédant l'abside a été conservée. Une inscription révolutionnaire « le peuple reconnait l'Etre Suprême et l'immortalité de l'âme » a été retrouvée au-dessus de la porte sud. L'église conserve l'ensemble de son décor peint et de ses vitraux du 19ème siècle.

English translation

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The church of Saint-Pierre, originally a Romanesque church, was remodeled in the 19th century. Its orientation was then changed, the apse demolished and a flat chevet was built to the west. Only the bay under a dome, dating from the 12th century and preceding the apse was preserved. A revolutionary inscription "the people recognizes the Supreme Being and the immortality of the soul" was found above the south door. The church preserves the whole of its painted decoration and its 19th century stained glass windows.

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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