TreeAlive
‹ Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques, France

Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France

Temple n° 3, de type fanum

Saint-Marcel, Indre, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Temple n° 3 de type fanum (cad. C 552, 553, 553bis) : classement par arrêté du 13 novembre 1984
Protection dates
1984/11/13 : classé MH
Type
temple antique
Main period of construction
Antiquité
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Lieu-dit
les Mersans
Commune
Saint-Marcel
Département
Indre
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.59966, 1.51604
Mérimée reference
PA00097458

Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.

David 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).

Get directions ↗

This record on the Ministère de la Culture's POP platform ↗

The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'existence d'un lieu de culte a été mise en évidence dans cette zone, postérieure à 52 avant Jésus-Christ. Aux édifices en bois et torchis succèdent des constructions en pierre et mortier, témoignant de la romanisation du site à partir du 1er siècle après Jésus-Christ. Des traces d'incendie laissent envisager une destruction du lieu vers 276.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

The existence of a place of worship was evidenced in this area, posterior to 52 before Christ. To the structures of wood and wattle and daub succeed constructions in stone and mortar, testifying to the Romanization of the site from the 1st century after Christ. Traces of fire suggest a destruction of the place towards 276.

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
See your own family's places on a living map