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Porte Saint-Ours, provenant de la collégiale Saint-Ursin

Bourges, Cher, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Porte Saint-Ours, à la Préfecture (cad. IO 334) : classement par liste de 1840
Protection dates
1840 : classé MH
Type
porte
Main period of construction
limite 11e siècle 12e siècle
Architect or builder
Girardus (sculpteur)
Ownership
propriété du département
Address
rue du 95ème de Ligne
Commune
Bourges
Département
Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.07960, 2.39787
Mérimée reference
PA00096737

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1707 map "La Province de Berry. La Generalite de Bourges." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette porte provient de la collégiale Saint-Ursin, détruite, située place Saint-Ursin (actuelle place Michelet). Elle a été remontée vers 1810 à cet emplacement, à l'initiative du préfet du Cher, Horace de Barral. Elle donne accès, rue du 95e-de-Ligne, au jardin de la préfecture. Elle porte une signature au tympan Girardus fecit istas portas.

English translation

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This door comes from the collegiate church of Saint-Ursin, destroyed, located at place Saint-Ursin (present place Michelet). It was re-erected around 1810 at this location, at the initiative of the prefect of Cher, Horace de Barral. It gives access, rue du 95e-de-Ligne, to the prefectural garden. It bears a signature on the tympanum Girardus fecit istas portas.

Nearby in the register

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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