Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église collégiale Notre-Dame
Mehun-sur-Yèvre, Cher, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. AX 486) : classement par liste de 1840
- Protection dates
- 1840 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- place du Général-Leclerc
- Commune
- Mehun-sur-Yèvre
- Département
- Cher
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.14370, 2.21592
- Mérimée reference
- PA00096838
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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
L'église remonte au 11e siècle. Clocher-porche et première travée nord de la nef datant du 12e siècle (après 1150). En 1466, élévation d'une chapelle au sud du déambulatoire, percée d'une ouverture flamboyante. Sous le choeur, la crypte a été comblée en 1828. Le 20 août 1910, un incendie détruisit les charpentes de la nef et du clocher.
English translation
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History
The church dates back to the 11th century. Porch tower and first north bay of the nave dating from the 12th century (after 1150). In 1466, elevation of a chapel to the south of the ambulatory, pierced with a flamboyant opening. Beneath the choir, the crypt was filled in 1828. On 20 August 1910, a fire destroyed the roof structures of the nave and the bell tower.
Nearby in the register
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
- Châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Porte de Ville dite Porte de l'Horlogeporte de villeunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.