Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Martin
Chouday, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. ZH 8) : classement par arrêté du 12 août 1914
- Protection dates
- 1914/08/12 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Chouday
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.91091, 2.06472
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097321
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1761 map "10 Bourges." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église dépendait de l'abbaye de Déols. L'édifice se compose d'une nef sans bas-côtés et d'un choeur de trois travées terminé par un chevet carré. La construction, datée du 12e siècle, pourrait être attribée aux moines de Cluny, fondateurs de l'abbaye de Déols. Au 15e siècle, le choeur a subi quelques remaniements qui paraissent n'avoir jamais été complètement achevés. La façade ouest de cette nef est très ornée. Des chapiteaux du 12e siècle subsistent à l'intérieur.
English translation
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History
The church was dependent on the abbey of Déols. The building consists of a nave without aisles and a choir of three bays terminated by a square chevet. The construction, dated to the 12th century, could be attributed to the monks of Cluny, founders of the abbey of Déols. In the 15th century, the choir underwent some alterations which appear never to have been completely finished. The west facade of this nave is very ornate. Capitals from the 12th century remain in the interior.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.