Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Abdon et Saint-Sennen
Labéjan, Gers, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 267) : inscription par arrêté du 8 août 1962
- Protection dates
- 1962/08/08 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1548, 1561, 1568, 1589
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Labéjan
- Département
- Gers
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.53812, 0.50108
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094816
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 1770 map "74 Auch." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise bâtie au 16e siècle à l'emplacement d'un édifice primitif. Le clocher porte les dates de 1568 et 1589. La clé de la chapelle nord du transept porte la date de 1561. L'église subit des remaniements aux 18e et 19e siècles. En 1874, démolition de l'ancien porche. Le rez-de-chaussée du clocher conserve la trace d'une ancienne voûte d'ogives dont il ne reste que les sommiers. La charpente est signée Trouette.
English translation
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History
Church built in the 16th century on the site of a primitive building. The bell tower bears the dates 1568 and 1589. The key of the north chapel of the transept bears the date 1561. The church underwent alterations in the 18th and 19th centuries. In 1874, demolition of the old porch. The ground floor of the bell tower retains the trace of an old rib vault of which only the springer stones remain. The roof structure is signed Trouette.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Saint-Roch de Vidaillanchapelle2 mi
- Église Saint-Blaiseéglise3 mi
- Motte féodaleédifice fortifié3 mi
- Château du Garranéechâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.