Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Martin
La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin, Indre-et-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (à l'exception des voûtes modernes du collatéral Sud) : inscription par arrêté du 14 septembre 1949
- Protection dates
- 1949/09/14 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 16e siècle, 4e quart 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1686, 1688
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- La Chapelle-Blanche-Saint-Martin
- Département
- Indre-et-Loire
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.08619, 0.79279
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097636
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La nef du 12e siècle a été reprise en 1520. La porte en arc brisé date de cette époque. Au nord, petite chapelle du 16e siècle. Clocher carré du 12e siècle dont la partie supérieure a été détruite et remplacée par une tour carrée. Le choeur, de deux travées rectangulaires, est accompagné de deux collatéraux. Le vaisseau central et le bas-côté nord datent du 13e siècle. Les voûtes d'ogives furent retaillées au 16e siècle. Le collatéral sud fut rajouté au 16e siècle, remanié au 18e et est couvert de voûtes de briques modernes. Un grand mur plat termine le choeur et des deux collatéraux. L'église a été restaurée au 17e siècle.
English translation
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History
The nave of the 12th century was remade in 1520. The pointed arch door dates from this period. To the north, small chapel of the 16th century. Square bell tower of the 12th century whose upper part was destroyed and replaced by a square tower. The choir, of two rectangular bays, is accompanied by two aisles. The central vessel and the north aisle date from the 13th century. The rib vaults were recut in the 16th century. The south aisle was added in the 16th century, reworked in the 18th and is covered with modern brick vaults. A large flat wall terminates the choir and the two aisles. The church was restored in the 17th century.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Grillemont et ses communschâteau1 mi
- Manoir de la Roche-de-Gennesmanoir3 mi
- Château du Vergerchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.