Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Fontaine Saint-Nicolas
Malguénac, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Fontaine Saint-Nicolas (cad. A 1278, 1279) : inscription par arrêté du 29 mars 1935
- Protection dates
- 1935/03/29 : inscrit MH
- Type
- fontaine
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- Saint-Nicolas
- Commune
- Malguénac
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.08135, -3.08806
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091432
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1787 map "157 Uzel." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Fontaine selon le principe de la niche logée dans un massif de maçonnerie, avec grand gâble en granit. Petite enceinte. Devises armoriées sculptées sur la façade. La date de 1862 indique qu'elle a dû être restaurée à cette époque.
English translation
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History
Fountain according to the principle of the niche lodged in a mass of masonry, with large granite gable. Small enclosure. Armorial inscriptions sculpted on the façade. The date of 1862 indicates that it must have been restored at that time.
Nearby in the register
- Allée couverte de Saint-Nizonallée couverteunder 1 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Jeanchapelle2 mi
- Cimetière désaffectécimetière2 mi
- Château de Moustoirlanchâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.