Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Clair
Saint-Porquier, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. E 336) : inscription par arrêté du 23 juin 1978
- Protection dates
- 1978/06/23 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Porquier
- Département
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.00437, 1.17786
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095886
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 — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Eglise en briques, typique du sud, dont la construction fut commencée au 16e siècle sur les ordres du sénéchal de Toulouse. Interrompue, elle fut reprise un peu plus tard et le clocher fut terminé vers 1615. A l'intérieur, la nef est accostée de six chapelles latérales rectangulaires, voûtées d'ogives comme la nef. Le chevet à trois pans est éclairé par cinq fenêtres hautes. Le clocher rappelle les clochers toulousains s'inspirant de Saint-Sernin. Ici, la formule est simplifiée à cause des périodes troublées de sa construction. La simplification et l'économie ont amené à n'ouvrir qu'une seule baie sur chaque face et le contour en est moins orné. Un bandeau saillant marque la séparation des étages. Il présente également une galerie crênelée. La flèche est de forme irrégulière, l'une des faces étant plus large que les autres.
English translation
The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com
History
Church of bricks, typical of the south, whose construction was begun in the 16th century on the orders of the seneschal of Toulouse. Interrupted, it was resumed a little later and the bell tower was completed around 1615. Inside, the nave is accompanied by six rectangular lateral chapels, vaulted with ribs like the nave. The chevet with three faces is lit by five tall windows. The bell tower recalls Toulouse bell towers inspired by Saint-Sernin. Here, the formula is simplified because of the troubled periods of its construction. The simplification and economy led to opening only a single opening on each face and its outline is less ornate. A projecting band marks the separation of the storeys. It also presents a crenellated gallery. The spire is of irregular form, one of the faces being wider than the others.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.