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Chapelle de Varye, ou église Sainte-Colombe

Clion, Indre, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle de Varye (cad. A 679) : inscription par arrêté du 31 mai 1956
Protection dates
1956/05/31 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Clion
Département
Indre
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.94157, 1.23330
Mérimée reference
PA00097325

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette chapelle a été construite par Guillaume de Varye pour être le sanctuaire privé du château de l'Isle Savary. La chapelle est placée dans le prolongement du bas-côté nord du choeur, soudée à l'est sur l'abside romane. Les trois clés de voûte portent les armes de Varye.

English translation

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This chapel was built by Guillaume de Varye to be the private sanctuary of the château de l'Isle Savary. The chapel is placed in the extension of the north aisle of the choir, joined to the east on the Romanesque apse. The three vault keys bear the arms of Varye.

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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