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Église Saint-Germain

Rennes, Ille-et-Vilaine, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Germain : classement par arrêté du 22 septembre 1914
Protection dates
1914/09/22 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
2e moitié 15e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue du Vau-Saint-Germain
Commune
Rennes
Département
Ille-et-Vilaine
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.11107, -1.67668
Mérimée reference
PA00090682

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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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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église Saint-Germain a été reconstruite à partir des années 1450 dans un style gothique flamboyant, dont elle est un exemple particulièrement abouti, avec contraste des vides et des pleins, jeux de lumière, minceur extrême des piliers, couvrement en berceau brisé lambrissé dréant un espace intérieur continu. La reconstruction a duré plus d'un siècle. Vers 1610, elle a été agrandie par la reconstruction du transept méridional.

English translation

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The church of Saint-Germain was rebuilt from the years 1450 onwards in a flamboyant Gothic style, of which it is a particularly accomplished example, with contrast of voids and solids, interplay of light, extreme slenderness of the pillars, covering in broken barrel vault with coffering creating a continuous interior space. The reconstruction lasted more than a century. Around 1610, it was enlarged by the reconstruction of the southern transept.

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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