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Église Saint-Pierre

Gours, Gironde, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 21 novembre 1925
Protection dates
1925/11/21 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Gours
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.99252, 0.02224
Mérimée reference
PA00083562

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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'abside et le chevet synthétisent l'architecture religieuse dans le Libournais à l'époque romane. Clocher à fronton triangulaire. Nef voûtée en arc de cloître plein cintre. Abside voûtée en cul de four. A l'extérieur, elle est ornée de sept arcatures séparées par des colonnes engagées montant jusqu'à la moulure d'entablement par des corbeaux sculptés.

English translation

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The apse and chevet epitomize religious architecture in the Libournais in the Romanesque period. Bell tower with triangular pediment. Nave vaulted in round-arch claister vault. Apse vaulted with a cul-de-four. On the exterior, it is decorated with seven arcatures separated by engaged columns rising to the entablature moulding by sculpted corbels.

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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