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Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Livré-sur-Changeon, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH protection totale
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. AC 80) : classement par arrêté du 20 janvier 2014
Protection dates
1926/01/06 : inscrit MH, 1982/12/21 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place du Prieuré
Commune
Livré-sur-Changeon
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.21869, -1.34203
Mérimée reference
PA00090617

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1789 map "128 Dinan." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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L'absidiole sud a révélé des vestiges de peinture murale, fleurettes au pochoir, remontant sans doute au 16e siècle. L'abside et le transept dateraient du 12e siècle ; la nef et le bas-côté sud du 16e siècle ; le bas-côté nord de 1889. L'église primitive (11e-12e siècle) devait se composer d'une nef voûtée en berceau, d'une croisée, surmontée d'une épaisse tour carrée dont subsiste la souche. Le choeur était en hémicycle surmonté et possédait deux absidioles dans les murs orientaux des transepts. Voûté en cul-de-four, le choeur est percé de cinq baies romanes plein cintre. Le portail principal porte la date de 1551. Le clocher a chacune de ses quatre faces percées de fenêtres géminées dont les cintres sont supportés par de petites colonnes. Les absidioles des transepts sont également en cul-de-four et percées de baies en plein cintre.

English translation

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The south absidiole revealed traces of wall painting, fleurettes in stencil, doubtless dating from the 16th century. The apse and transept would date from the 12th century; the nave and south aisle from the 16th century; the north aisle from 1889. The primitive church (11th-12th century) must have been composed of a barrel-vaulted nave, a crossing, surmounted by a thick square tower of which the base remains. The choir was hemicycle topped and possessed two absidioles in the eastern walls of the transepts. Vaulted in a cul-de-four, the choir is pierced with five round-arched Romanesque openings. The main portal bears the date 1551. The bell tower has on each of its four sides paired windows whose arches are supported by small columns. The absidioles of the transepts are likewise in cul-de-four and pierced with round-arched openings.

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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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