Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Médard
Montignac, Gironde, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 21 décembre 1925
- Protection dates
- 1925/12/21 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Montignac
- Département
- Gironde
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.71263, -0.22493
- Mérimée reference
- PA00083642
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église se composait d'une nef et d'un chevet roman. Au 16e siècle, le mur nord a été démoli et reconstruit en dehors de l'alignement d'origine. Le mur sud a également été refait. Des restes de mâchicoulis sont visibles sur les angles nord-est et nord-ouest.
English translation
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History
The church consisted of a nave and a Romanesque chevet. In the 16th century, the north wall was demolished and rebuilt outside its original alignment. The south wall was also remade. Remains of machicolations are visible on the north-east and north-west angles.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Martinéglise1 mi
- Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Pauléglise2 mi
- Croix de cimetière du 16e sièclecroix de cimetière2 mi
- Église Saint-Jacqueséglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.