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Église Notre-Dame

Lignières, Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AE 264) : inscription par arrêté du 2 mars 1926
Protection dates
1926/03/02 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 17e siècle, 19e siècle
Dates
1587, 1644, 1860, 1877
Architect or builder
Le Roy Michel (sculpteur), Duchemin (maître de l'oeuvre), Gallicher (maître de l'oeuvre)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
Lignières
Département
Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.75122, 2.17805
Mérimée reference
PA00096827

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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

A l'origine, nef unique recouverte d'un berceau en bois, remplacé en suite par du plâtre. La croisée du transept est occupée par une coupole sur trompes qui porte le clocher, contrebutée par des quarts de cercle. Sur les croisillons, absidioles en cul de four. Au 17e siècle, une chapelle a remplacé le bras du transept. Chapiteaux sculptés. cette église est une basilique de trois vaisseaux.

English translation

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Originally, single nave covered with a wooden barrel vault, subsequently replaced by plaster. The crossing of the transept is occupied by a dome on squinches which bears the bell tower, counterbutted by quarter circles. On the transept arms, absidioles in apse form. In the 17th century, a chapel replaced the transept arm. Carved capitals. This church is a basilica of three aisles.

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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