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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Saint-Aignan, Tarn-et-Garonne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 54) : inscription par arrêté du 5 avril 1979
Protection dates
1979/04/05 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 1er quart 17e siècle
Dates
1525, 1623
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Aignan
Département
Tarn-et-Garonne
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
44.01763, 1.07667
Mérimée reference
PA00095863

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1742 map "Languedoc, occidentale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Ruinée par la guerre de Cent ans, l'église fut rebâtie dans le style gothique de 1515 à 1530 sur l'emplacement de la chapelle de l'ancien couvent de l'ordre de Fontevrault dont il reste quelques vestiges. Entièrement en briques, l'édifice ne comporte aucun élément sculpté. Il présente une seule nef avec chapelles latérales. Sur la façade orientale, clocher en briques en forme de pignon ajouré d'arcatures servant de logement aux cloches (cinq arcades réparties sur trois étages), et flanqué d'une tourelle circulaire contenant un escalier à vis. D'importantes réparations furent effectuées probablement après 1623. C'est sans aucun doute à cette date que le clocher fut reconstruit ou fortement remanié. Au nord, portail gothique. Le mobilier conserve quelques pièces d'un prieuré de l'ordre de Fontevrault, disparu à la Révolution.

English translation

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Ruined by the Hundred Years' War, the church was rebuilt in the gothic style from 1515 to 1530 on the site of the chapel of the old convent of the order of Fontevrault of which some remains survive. Entirely in brick, the building contains no sculpted elements. It presents a single nave with lateral chapels. On the eastern facade, bell tower in bricks in the form of a gable pierced with arcatures serving as housing for the bells (five arcades distributed over three storeys), and flanked by a circular turret containing a spiral staircase. Significant repairs were carried out probably after 1623. It is without doubt at this date that the bell tower was rebuilt or substantially altered. To the north, gothic portal. The furnishings retain some pieces from a priory of the order of Fontevrault, which disappeared at the Revolution.

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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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