Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Martin
Ardentes, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Martin (cad. D 142) : classement par liste de 1862
- Protection dates
- 1862 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Architect or builder
- Hernaud (maître de l'oeuvre)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- place Stanislas-Limousin ; place Saint-Martin
- Commune
- Ardentes
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.74107, 1.83017
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097263
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1665 map "Bitvricvm Dvcatvs Dvche De Berri" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Cette église dépendait de l'archevêché de Bourges et, à partir de 1117, de l'abbaye de Déols. Une inscription du portail latéral donne le nom d'un auteur : Hernaud (sculpteur ? architecte ?).
English translation
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History
This church was dependent on the archbishopric of Bourges and, from 1117 onwards, on the abbey of Déols. An inscription on the lateral portal gives the name of an author: Hernaud (sculptor? architect?).