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Église Saint-Symphorien

Saint-Symphorien, Cher, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. A 100) : inscription par arrêté du 26 janvier 1927
Protection dates
1927/01/26 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Symphorien
Département
Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.81184, 2.31193
Mérimée reference
PA00096898

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1632 map "Carte du Pais de Bourbonois." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Plan à nef unique, sans transept, terminé par un chevet demi-circulaire. Clocher porche à l'ouest. Le chevet date du 12e siècle. Berceau de bois du 16e siècle. La nef est voûtée à plâtre mais conserve des arrachements d'ogives. Le clocher porche ouvre sur la nef par une porte ornée de globes surmontés d'archivoltes plein cintre sur chapiteaux à crochets. La partie haute du clocher s'ouvre par des fenêtres géminées.

English translation

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Plan with single nave, without transept, terminated by a semi-circular chevet. Porch tower to the west. The chevet dates from the 12th century. Timber barrel vault of the 16th century. The nave is vaulted in plaster but retains traces of rib vaults. The porch tower opens onto the nave through a door decorated with globes surmounted by round arch archivolts on crocket capitals. The upper part of the bell tower opens through geminate windows.

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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