Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Saturnin
Ceaulmont, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. AC 83) : inscription par arrêté du 25 octobre 1954
- Protection dates
- 1954/10/25 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1764
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- impasse de l'Eglise
- Commune
- Ceaulmont
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.52297, 1.57960
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097288
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid 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
A l'origine, l'église est un sanctuaire roman, modifié au cours des siècles. L'édifice se compose essentiellement d'une nef avec deux avant-corps. La voûte en bois ainsi que le clocher en charpente établi au-dessus du porche d'entrée, dateraient du 17e siècle. Le porche comporte des voussures ogivales du 13e siècle retombant sur une imposte sculptée. A l'intérieur, décor du 17e siècle.
English translation
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History
Originally, the church is a Romanesque sanctuary, modified over the centuries. The building consists essentially of a nave with two projections. The wooden vault as well as the wooden bell tower established above the entrance porch would date from the 17th century. The porch features pointed arch voussoirs of the 13th century resting on a sculpted impost. Inside, decoration of the 17th century.
Nearby in the register
- Maison de George Sandmaison1 mi
- Église Saint-Laurent et Notre-Dameéglise1 mi
- Châteauchâteau1 mi
- Château de La Prune-au-Potchâteau1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.