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Église Saint-Marcellin

La Guerche, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise, à l'exception de la nef (cad. D 4) : inscription par arrêté du 18 juin 1962
Protection dates
1962/06/18 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 16e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
La Guerche
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.88475, 0.73060
Mérimée reference
PA00097773

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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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Eglise composée d'une nef, d'un transept dont l'absidiole nord a fait place à une chapelle, et d'un choeur terminé par une abside semi circulaire. Le transept a sa croisée limitée par quatre arcades en plein cintre. Primitivement couverte d'une coupole sur trompes, elle est voûtée sur ogives et liernes. Le croisillon méridional a conservé son absidiole semi circulaire voûtée en cul de four. Le croisillon nord a été remanié au 16e isècle. A la place de son absidiole fut élevée une chapelle seigneuriale à chevet plat. Un clocher refait au 16e isècle domine le carré du transept. L'édifice a été restauré en 1886.

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Church composed of a nave, a transept whose north absidiole gave way to a chapel, and a choir ended by a semicircular apse. The transept has its crossing limited by four round arches. Originally covered with a dome on squinches, it is vaulted with ribs and liernes. The south transept arm has retained its semicircular absidiole vaulted with a cul-de-four. The north transept arm was modified in the 16th century. In place of its absidiole was raised a seigneurial chapel with a flat chevet. A bell tower remade in the 16th century dominates the crossing of the transept. The building was restored in 1886.

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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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