Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Abbaye cistercienne de Beaugerais
Loché-sur-Indrois, Indre-et-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Nef et ruines du choeur de l'église ; vestiges d'une galerie de cloître : inscription par arrêté du 17 janvier 1938
- Protection dates
- 1938/01/17 : inscrit MH
- Type
- abbaye
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1184, 1204
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Loché-sur-Indrois
- Département
- Indre-et-Loire
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.05358, 1.19863
- Mérimée reference
- PA00097818
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
Seule église cistercienne subsistant en Touraine, consacrée en 1184 puis transformée en 1204 (nef). Le choeur rectangulaire du 16e siècle, ruiné, conserve des éléments de 1184. Les galeries du cloître remontent au 17e siècle.
English translation
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History
The only Cistercian church surviving in Touraine, consecrated in 1184 then transformed in 1204 (nave). The rectangular choir of the 16th century, ruined, retains elements of 1184. The galleries of the cloister date from the 17th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.