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Église

Villefranche-de-Lauragais, Haute-Garonne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Clocher : inscription par arrêté du 12 mai 1927
Protection dates
1927/05/12 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
14e siècle
Dates
1364
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Villefranche-de-Lauragais
Département
Haute-Garonne
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.39843, 1.71753
Mérimée reference
PA00094660

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "Le Diocese de Toulouse" (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La façade présente un mur-clocher percé de deux étages de baies. Le mur est encadré de deux tours carrées aux angles abattus. Dans l'axe est pratiquée la porte d'entrée en tiers point. L'archivolte comprend deux voussures. Les chapiteaux des colonnes dont formés de deux étages de feuillages. La séparation entre le niveau de la voûte et le premier étage du clocher est marquée par une bande en dents d'engrenage. Les deux étages sont percés chacun de trois baies aux arcatures en forme de mitre.

English translation

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The facade presents a bell-tower wall pierced with two storeys of openings. The wall is framed by two square towers with chamfered angles. In the axis is practised the entrance door in pointed arch. The archivolt comprises two voussoirs. The capitals of the columns are formed of two storeys of foliate ornament. The separation between the level of the vault and the first storey of the bell tower is marked by a band in dentil pattern. The two storeys are each pierced with three openings with arcatures in the form of a mitre.

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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