Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne église
Sainte-Lizaigne, Indre, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (ancienne) , y compris les peintures murales qu'elle renferme (cad. C 212) : classement par arrêté du 22 décembre 1970
- Protection dates
- 1970/12/22 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Sainte-Lizaigne
- Département
- Indre
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.00834, 2.02215
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097455
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailUniversity 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 romane comprend trois parties : la nef, le choeur, l'abside voûtée en cul de four. Autrefois, la nef était surmontée d'un petit clocher en charpente abattu à une époque récente. L'édifice a subi au 18e siècle un réaménagement intérieur.
English translation
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History
The Romanesque church comprises three parts: the nave, the choir, the apse vaulted in oven-shaped vault. Formerly, the nave was surmounted by a small wooden bell tower demolished at a recent date. The building underwent interior alterations in the 18th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.