Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Eguiner
Loc-Eguiner, Finistère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. A 458) : inscription par arrêté du 1er juin 1927
- Protection dates
- 1927/06/01 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 16e siècle, 1ère moitié 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1577, 1631
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- le Bourg
- Commune
- Loc-Eguiner
- Département
- Finistère
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.47266, -4.09409
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090070
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 3: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise à trois nefs de même dimension. Le clocher-porche se trouve appliqué, hors oeuvre, à la façade occidentale de la nef centrale. Au-dessus de la tour carrée à balustrade se superposent deux lanternons ajourés, de plan carré, couronnés par une flèche. A la base du clocher, l'inscription commémorant sa fondation porte la date de 1592. A l'intérieur de l'église, une inscription gothique mentionne l'année 1577. Le chevet à trois pans, qui termine la nef centrale, porte la date de 1631.
English translation
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History
Church with three naves of the same dimensions. The porch tower is found applied, as an external projection, to the western façade of the central nave. Above the square tower with balustrade are superimposed two openwork lanterns, of square plan, crowned by a spire. At the base of the bell tower, the inscription commemorating its foundation bears the date of 1592. Inside the church, a Gothic inscription mentions the year 1577. The chevet with three facets, which terminates the central nave, bears the date of 1631.
Nearby in the register
- Église Saint-Mélaréglise2 mi
- Église Saint-Pierreensemble cultuel3 mi
- Fontaine de Saint-Thivisiaufontaine3 mi
- Stèlemonument3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.