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Église Saint-Symphorien

Genouilly, Cher, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 809) : inscription par arrêté du 26 janvier 1927
Protection dates
1927/01/26 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 16e siècle
Dates
1536
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Genouilly
Département
Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.19154, 1.88453
Mérimée reference
PA00096803

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1761 map "10 Bourges." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La nef et choeur datent du dernier quart du 12e siècle. La tour-clocher est du 13e siècle et son rez-de-chaussée forme porche. Les chapelles flanquant le choeur ont été construites au 16e siècle. Enfin, les vitraux commandés pour Claude Ier de La Châtre et Anne Robertet, sa femme, sont datés de 1536.

English translation

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The nave and choir date from the last quarter of the 12th century. The bell tower is from the 13th century and its ground floor forms a porch. The chapels flanking the choir were built in the 16th century. Finally, the stained-glass windows commissioned for Claude Ier de La Châtre and Anne Robertet, his wife, are dated 1536.

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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