Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église de l'Assomption
Ercé, Ariège, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 19) : inscription par arrêté du 11 septembre 1964
- Protection dates
- 1964/09/11 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 14e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Ercé
- Département
- Ariège
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.84991, 1.28954
- Mérimée reference
- PA00093790
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1781 map "40 Ax." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Monument de caractère espagnol, aussi bien par son architecture que par l'aménagement de son accès. La façade occidentale rappelle davantage les églises hispano-américaines. Il a sans doute été construit en plusieurs campagnes, échelonnées du Moyen-Age au 18e siècle. Sur la façade postérieure se trouvent les traces du chevet d'une chapelle romane qui devait être orientée perpendiculairement à l'église actuelle. Le mur de façade principale est encadré de deux contreforts d'angle dont la partie supérieure est raccordée à un fronton de forme baroque. Le clocher probablement antérieur (14e siècle) est indépendant et accolé le long du mur de gauche. Les entablements et des culots supportant les nervures des voûtes sont sculptées (14e siècle).
English translation
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History
Monument of Spanish character, both in its architecture and in the arrangement of its access. The western façade recalls more the Hispano-American churches. It was doubtless built in several campaigns, spread from the Middle Ages to the 18th century. On the posterior façade are found the traces of the chevet of a Romanesque chapel which must have been oriented perpendicularly to the present church. The main façade wall is framed by two corner buttresses of which the upper part is connected to a pediment of Baroque form. The bell tower probably earlier (14th century) is independent and abutted along the left wall. The entablatures and corbels supporting the ribs of the vaults are sculpted (14th century).
Nearby in the register
- Croix en fercroix monumentaleunder 1 mi
- Ancienne chapelle Saint-Pierrechapelleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.