Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église du Pilou
Montpezat-de-Quercy, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise du Pilou (cad. ZH 28) : inscription par arrêté du 16 juin 1978
- Protection dates
- 1978/06/16 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Montpezat-de-Quercy
- Département
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.26160, 1.50325
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095840
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 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Construction de la fin du 15e siècle, mais l'église est mentionnée dans une bulle du 14e siècle. Voûtes du choeur remaniées au 19e siècle. Vendue comme bien national en 1793 et rendue au culte en 1811. Edifice de plan cruciforme. Portail gothique avec encadrement de boudins filetés ininterrompus. Sur la façade occidentale, clocher pignon à arcade unique. Le maître-autel en marbre du 18e siècle provient de l'église de Montpezat.
English translation
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History
Construction of the end of the 15th century, but the church is mentioned in a bull of the 14th century. Vaults of the choir remodelled in the 19th century. Sold as national property in 1793 and returned to worship in 1811. Building of cruciform plan. Gothic portal with an uninterrupted moulded bead frame. On the western façade, a gable bell tower with a single arcade. The high altar in marble of the 18th century comes from the church of Montpezat.
Nearby in the register
- Manoir de la Borde des Présmanoir2 mi
- Ancien couvent des Ursulinescouvent2 mi
- Collégiale Saint-Martin et maisons adossées à son chevetcollégiale2 mi
- Porte de villeporte de ville2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.