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Église Sainte-Eulalie

Lignan-de-Bordeaux, Gironde, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise, à l'exclusion du clocher de construction récente (cad. C2 473) : inscription par arrêté du 23 janvier 1961
Protection dates
1961/01/23 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 18e siècle
Dates
1147
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Lignan-de-Bordeaux
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
44.79652, -0.42813
Mérimée reference
PA00083600

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1774 map "104 Bordeaux." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église a été bâtie en 1147. Elle possède trois absides et trois choeurs, un transept et une nef. Le clocher primitif se trouvait probablement au-dessus de la coupole du transept. Il a été remplacé au 19e siècle par un clocher extérieur avec une flèche en pierre. Abside et absidiole nord voûtées en cul de four. A l'extérieur de l'abside se trouvent deux colonnettes aux chapiteaux historiés avec dragons et bêtes fantastiques. Le transept a été modifié aux 17e et 19e siècles. La nef est plus large et plus ancienne que le reste de l'édifice. Les chapiteaux du transept sont historiés (Jésus et les Apôtres ; crucifixion).

English translation

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The church was built in 1147. It possesses three apses and three choirs, a transept and a nave. The primitive bell tower was probably located above the dome of the transept. It was replaced in the 19th century by an external bell tower with a stone spire. Apse and north absidiole vaulted in a half-dome. On the exterior of the apse are two small columns with historiated capitals with dragons and fantastic beasts. The transept was modified in the 17th and 19th centuries. The nave is wider and older than the rest of the building. The capitals of the transept are historiated (Jesus and the Apostles; crucifixion).

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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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