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Église paroissiale Saint-Urbain

Courçay, Indre-et-Loire, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. C 1106) : inscription par arrêté du 4 mai 1944
Protection dates
1944/05/04 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Courçay
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.25002, 0.87661
Mérimée reference
PA00097713

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La nef dont les murs remonteraient dans leur ensemble au 11e siècle, a été couverte au 16e siècle par une voûte lambrissée à entraits et poinçons apparents. Toutes les fenêtres ont été agrandies au 18e siècle. La partie basse du clocher remonte au 12e siècle, la flèche au 15e.

English translation

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The nave, whose walls date in their entirety from the 11th century, was covered in the 16th century by a barrel vault with exposed tie-beams and struts. All the windows were enlarged in the 18th century. The lower part of the bell tower dates from the 12th century, the spire from the 15th.

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
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