Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église
Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : classement par arrêté du 8 juin 1920
- Protection dates
- 1920/06/08 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Denis-de-Jouhet
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.53116, 1.86966
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097450
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 LibrariesUniversity 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
Cette église faisait partie d'une communauté de Bénédictins, et est construite sur les ruines d'une ancienne forteresse. Son architecture romane remonte au 12e siècle. L'entrée principale, ainsi que cela se pratiquait pour les églises conventuelles, est ouverte sur une façade latérale. Certaines fenêtres sont garnies de vitraux en médaillons du 13e siècle.
English translation
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History
This church was part of a Benedictine community, and is built on the ruins of an old fortress. Its Romanesque architecture dates back to the 12th century. The main entrance, as was the practice for convent churches, is open on a lateral façade. Certain windows are fitted with 13th-century medallion stained glass.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.