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Église

Saint-Laurent-d'Arce, Gironde, France

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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
Saint-Laurent-d'Arce
Département
Gironde
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.03472, -0.47126
Mérimée reference
PA00083754

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1675 map "La Riviere de la Garomne et la Dordogne et le pays aux environs de Bordeaux" (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ancien prieuré inscrit dans les archives du diocèse de Bordeaux. Saint-Laurent D'Arce était un lieu fortifié. Il ne reste d'autres traces de fortification que celles de l'église, élevées pendant les guerres de Religion. Eglise gothique. Nef voûtée d'ogive sur piles rondes, probablement du 14e siècle, avec un vaisseau secondaire de même style sans doute du 15e siècle. Chevet plat. Le mur Est semble un vestige de l'époque romane. Le porche date du début du 13e siècle et présente des colonnettes de forme tronconique. Le clocher barlong surmonte le porche. Sur trois angles, des échauguettes surmontent les contreforts du 16e siècle.

English translation

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Former priory recorded in the archives of the diocese of Bordeaux. Saint-Laurent D'Arce was a fortified place. No other traces of fortification remain than those of the church, raised during the Wars of Religion. Gothic church. Nave with rib vault on round piers, probably from the 14th century, with a secondary nave of the same style probably from the 15th century. Flat chevet. The eastern wall appears to be a vestige from the Romanesque period. The porch dates from the early 13th century and presents small columns of truncated cone shape. The oblong bell tower surmounts the porch. On three angles, watch-towers crown the buttresses from the 16th century.

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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