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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain, Indre-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
Protection
classé MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Le porche : classement par arrêté du 7 mai 1908
Protection dates
1908/05/07 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 12e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Jean-Saint-Germain
Département
Indre-et-Loire
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.08414, 1.03640
Mérimée reference
PA00098079

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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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Précédée par un porche ajouté au 15e siècle, l'ancienne église paroissiale de Saint-Jean-sur-Indre présente une façade du 12e siècle. La nef possède des murs goutterots parementés en petit appareil, appartenant à un édifice du 11e siècle. Couverte en charpente masquée par une fausse voûte de plâtre, cette nef aboutit à un choeur du 12e siècle, voûté sur croisée d'ogives, et terminé par un mur plat ajouré d'un triplet en plein cintre. Au sud fut ajoutée, au 15e siècle, une chapelle seigneuriale. La souche carrée du clocher date du 12e siècle et l'étage supérieur octogonal est moderne.

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Preceded by a porch added in the 15th century, the former parish church of Saint-Jean-sur-Indre presents a facade of the 12th century. The nave has guttering walls with small ashlar facing, belonging to a building of the 11th century. Covered in roof structure hidden by a false plaster vault, this nave ends in a 12th-century choir, vaulted on rib vault, and terminated by a flat wall pierced with a triplet in round arch. To the south was added, in the 15th century, a seigneurial chapel. The square base of the bell tower dates from the 12th century and the upper octagonal storey is modern.

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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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