Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
Maisonnais, Cher, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. AM 69) : inscription par arrêté du 6 octobre 1925
- Protection dates
- 1925/10/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- milieu 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- le Bourg
- Commune
- Maisonnais
- Département
- Cher
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.64031, 2.21606
- Mérimée reference
- PA00096832
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise du 12e siècle précédée d'un narthex avec trois baies en tiers-point. Le choeur est suivi d'un chevet en hémicycle, voûté en cul de four. Clocher porche avec beffroi ajouré de baies géminées séparées par une colonnette.
English translation
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History
Church of the 12th century preceded by a narthex with three pointed arch openings. The choir is followed by a chevet in hemicycle, vaulted with a coved vault. Porch tower with belfry pierced with geminate openings separated by a small column.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.