Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Nicolas
Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets, Indre-et-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 489) : classement par arrêté du 1er mars 1966
- Protection dates
- 1966/03/01 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Nicolas-des-Motets
- Département
- Indre-et-Loire
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.58538, 1.03692
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098092
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 1637 map "The Dvkedome of Turone. Touraine. Tvronensis Ducatus" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancien fief relevant de Châteaurenault. A l'origine, l'édifice devait être une construction romane, et une importante partie des murs peut remmonter à cette époque primitive. L'église date du 15e siècle. Le choeur est à chevet plat, éclairé par deux fenêtres du 17e siècle. La grande ouverture en arcade en tiers point qui sépare la nef du choeur, a dû être pratiquée dans le mur primitif roman, et semble antérieure au 15e siècle. Les murs conservent des fresques du 16e siècle. L'église s'ouvre par un portail Renaissance, comportant deux pilastres et un fronton. Deux anges portent un écu au-dessus de chaque chapiteau. Au sommet du fronton, Saint-Michel, vêtu en guerrier romain, terrasse le dragon.
English translation
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History
Old fief dependent on Châteaurenault. Originally, the building was to be a Romanesque construction, and a significant part of the walls may date back to this primitive period. The church dates from the 15th century. The choir has a flat chevet, lit by two windows of the 17th century. The large opening with a pointed arch that separates the nave from the choir must have been made in the primitive Romanesque wall, and appears to predate the 15th century. The walls retain frescoes of the 16th century. The church opens by a Renaissance portal, comprising two pilasters and a pediment. Two angels bear a shield above each capital. At the top of the pediment, Saint-Michel, dressed as a Roman warrior, vanquishes the dragon.