Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Médard
Dierre, Indre-et-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. E 691) : classement par arrêté du 22 mars 1965
- Protection dates
- 1965/03/22 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Dierre
- Département
- Indre-et-Loire
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.34609, 0.95150
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097740
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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
L'église appartenait primitivement au chapitre d'Orléans qui le vendit, au 11e siècle, à l'abbaye de Saint-Julien. Un prieuré lui fut ajouté, qui fut cédé un peu plus tard à l'abbaye de Beaulieu. L'édifice carré se compose d'une nef romane, primitivement unique, et de collatéraux faits de chapelles contigües datant, au sud, du 15e siècle, et au nord, du 16e siècle. Le chevet plat est percé de trois fenêtres datant de l'époque primitive. Du côté nord se trouve une tour carrée qui soutient le clocher. Une flèche octogonale se pose sur un étage intermédiaire à huit pans.
English translation
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History
The church originally belonged to the chapter of Orléans which sold it, in the 11th century, to the abbey of Saint-Julien. A priory was added to it, which was ceded a little later to the abbey of Beaulieu. The square building consists of a Romanesque nave, originally single, and of side aisles made up of contiguous chapels dating, to the south, from the 15th century, and to the north, from the 16th century. The flat chevet is pierced with three windows dating from the primitive period. On the north side is found a square tower which supports the bell tower. An octagonal spire rises on an intermediate stage of eight sides.
Nearby in the register
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- Manoir de la Boissièremanoir1 mi
- Château de la Gaillardièrechâteau1 mi
- Église Saint-Quentinéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.