Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Temple de la Coëfferie
Messac, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle (cad. ZB 3) : inscription par arrêté du 2 mars 1981
- Protection dates
- 1981/03/02 : inscrit MH
- Type
- commanderie
- Main period of construction
- 1ère moitié 13e siècle
- Dates
- 1217
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- la Coëfferie
- Commune
- Messac
- Département
- Ille-et-Vilaine
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.79028, -1.82430
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090629
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Carte de l'Evesche de Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle du 13e siècle qui appartenait aux Templiers. En 1312, à la destruction du Temple, elle passe aux Hospitaliers qui édificent probablement le bras sud. Restes de peintures murales sur le mur du chevet, au-dessus et dans les ébrasements de la fenêtre. A la fin du 16e siècle, le manoir du Temple est ruiné par les guerres civiles. Après la Révolution, l'édifice est transformé en hangar agricole.
English translation
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History
Chapel of the 13th century which belonged to the Templars. In 1312, at the destruction of the Temple, it passes to the Hospitallers who probably build the south arm. Remains of wall paintings on the choir wall, above and in the embrasures of the window. At the end of the 16th century, the manor of the Temple is ruined by civil wars. After the Revolution, the building is converted into an agricultural shed.