Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église de la Nativité
Yvignac-la-Tour (anciennement Yvignac), Côtes-d'Armor, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. A 718) : classement par liste de 1889
- Protection dates
- 1889 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- le Bourg
- Commune
- Yvignac-la-Tour (anciennement Yvignac)
- Département
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.34831, -2.17592
- Mérimée reference
- PA00089755
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1708 map "Le Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise en granit pouvant remonter au 11e siècle, dont le choeur a été reconstruit au 15e siècle. La nef romane a été modifiée au 12e et 13e siècle. De l'édifice primitif subsistent cinq travées de la nef et la majeure partie du mur de l'abside. Les piliers sont ornés de chapiteaux sculptés. Divers ornements sont placés à la rencontre des bandeaux et des nervures verticales qui séparent les travées.
English translation
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History
Church in granite that may date back to the 11th century, of which the choir was rebuilt in the 15th century. The Romanesque nave was modified in the 12th and 13th centuries. From the primitive building there remain five bays of the nave and the greater part of the wall of the apse. The pillars are ornamented with carved capitals. Various ornaments are placed at the meeting of the bands and the vertical ribs that separate the bays.
Nearby in the register
- Châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Manoir de Garouëtmanoir2 mi
- Ancienne commanderie du Temple de la Nouéecommanderie3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.