Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Denis
Rivarennes, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 26 janvier 1927
- Protection dates
- 1927/01/26 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Rivarennes
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.63582, 1.38559
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097441
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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
La partie la plus ancienne est l'abside, de style roman (12e siècle). Elle est percée de trois fenêtres, dont celle du centre est encadrée à l'extérieur de deux colonnes à chapiteaux décorés d'oiseaux. A l'intérieur, le même principe de décoration existe pour les trois fenêtres. L'abside a été surélevée. Le choeur et une des absidioles du transept nord sont également romans. Au 15e siècle, la nef a été reconstruite, ainsi que le transept, ne conservant aucun élément roman. Une chapelle est ajoutée.
English translation
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History
The oldest part is the apse, of Romanesque style (12th century). It is pierced with three windows, of which the central one is framed on the outside by two columns with capitals decorated with birds. Inside, the same principle of decoration exists for the three windows. The apse was raised. The choir and one of the absidioles of the north transept are also Romanesque. In the 15th century, the nave was rebuilt, as was the transept, retaining no Romanesque element. A chapel is added.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.