Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Jean
La Selle-en-Luitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Jean (cad. B 348) : inscription par arrêté du 5 novembre 1926
- Protection dates
- 1926/11/05 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- le Bourg
- Commune
- La Selle-en-Luitré
- Département
- Ille-et-Vilaine
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.31002, -1.12730
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090886
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "L'Evesche du Mans (northwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise de village datant du 15e siècle. A l'intérieur, les nefs sont voûtées en bois et couvertes de lambris datant de 1658. Elle comporte une colonne unique à huit pans. A l'extérieur, présence d'une gargouille massive. Portail ouest comportant des moulures.
English translation
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History
Village church dating from the 15th century. Inside, the naves are vaulted in wood and covered with wainscotting dating from 1658. It comprises a single column with eight sides. Outside, there is a massive gargoyle. West portal with mouldings.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.