Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Vincent
Varen, Tarn-et-Garonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : classement par liste de 1846
- Protection dates
- 1846 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Varen
- Département
- Tarn-et-Garonne
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.15777, 1.89376
- Mérimée reference
- PA00095899
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1778 map "17 Albi." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le prieuré bénédictin de Varen, mentionné dans un acte de 972, ne fut que tardivement rattaché à l'abbaye d'Aurillac. L'église fut reconstruite par les moines à la fin du 11e siècle.
English translation
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History
The Benedictine priory of Varen, mentioned in a charter of 972, was only belatedly attached to the abbey of Aurillac. The church was rebuilt by the monks at the end of the 11th century.
Nearby in the register
- Ancien prieuré bénédictinprieuréunder 1 mi
- Doyenné (ancien logis abbatial dit château)châteauunder 1 mi
- Porte fortifiéeporte de villeunder 1 mi
- Gare de Lexos, au hameau de Lexosgare1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.