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Ancienne collégiale Saint-Ours

Loches, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Collégiale Saint-Ours (ancienne) (cad. AW 164) : classement par liste de 1840
Protection dates
1840 : classé MH
Type
collégiale
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 12e siècle, 19e siècle
Dates
1130, 1180, 1844, 1855
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place Charles-VII
Commune
Loches
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.12678, 0.99873
Mérimée reference
PA00097824

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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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La collégiale fut officiellement fondée en pénitence des fautes de Geoffroy Grisegonnelle et de son père Foulques le Bon, après un séjour à Rome de Geoffroy. L'acte de fondation date de 979-985, date probable de l'achèvement de l'édifice, commencé en 973 à la place d'une première église. Cette construction fut remplacée au 11e siècle par une deuxième collégiale Notre-Dame : l'actuelle tour-porche dans son premier état en faisait partie. L'édifice fut en grande partie reconstruit entre 1130 et 1180 à l'initiative du prieur Thomas Pactius. Au 19e siècle, l'édifice prit le vocable de Saint-Ours et remplaça l'église paroissiale Saint-Ours ruinée située dans le fort Saint-Ours. La nouvelle église paroissiale a été restaurée entre 1844 et 1855.

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The collegiate church was officially founded in expiation for the faults of Geoffroy Grisegonnelle and his father Foulques the Good, after a sojourn in Rome by Geoffroy. The act of foundation dates from 979-985, probable date of the completion of the building, begun in 973 in place of a first church. This construction was replaced in the 11th century by a second collegiate Notre-Dame: the present porch tower in its first state formed part of it. The building was largely rebuilt between 1130 and 1180 at the initiative of prior Thomas Pactius. In the 19th century, the building took the name of Saint-Ours and replaced the ruined parish church of Saint-Ours situated in the fort of Saint-Ours. The new parish church was restored between 1844 and 1855.

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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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