Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Jean-de-la-Chaîne
Châteaudun, Eure-et-Loir, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Jean-de-la-Chaîne et portail de l'ancien cimetière : classement par arrêté du 13 avril 1907
- Protection dates
- 1907/04/13 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 1er quart 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1506
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Châteaudun
- Département
- Eure-et-Loir
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.07684, 1.32061
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097025
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Les parties les plus anciennes du monument, le choeur et le transept, datent du 12e siècle. La nef remonte au 16e siècle et le clocher sud du 13e. En retrait, le portail de l'ancien cimetière est une construction du 16e siècle.
English translation
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History
The oldest parts of the monument, the choir and the transept, date from the 12th century. The nave dates from the 16th century and the south bell tower from the 13th. Set back, the portal of the old cemetery is a construction of the 16th century.
Nearby in the register
- Restes de l'ancienne église Saint-Médardégliseunder 1 mi
- Maison Renaissance dite des Architectes du Châteaumaisonunder 1 mi
- Château et ses abordschâteauunder 1 mi
- Ancienne église Saint-Lubinégliseunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.