Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne église Saint-Libert
Tours, Indre-et-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Les restes de la nef (cad. CH 219) : inscription par arrêté du 2 décembre 1946
- Protection dates
- 1946/12/02 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'une société privée
- Address
- 1 rue de la Bretonnerie
- Commune
- Tours
- Département
- Indre-et-Loire
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.39746, 0.69732
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098154
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
Ancienne église paroissiale convertie en bâtiment industriel. La nef ne fut jamais voûtée ; la charpente actuelle est moderne. Deux portes en arc brisé y donnent accès. L'abside qui terminait l'édifice a disparu.
English translation
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History
Former parish church converted into an industrial building. The nave was never vaulted; the current roof structure is modern. Two pointed-arch doors provide access to it. The chevet which terminated the building has disappeared.
Nearby in the register
- Ancien hôtel du Doyenné de Saint-Gatienpresbytèreunder 1 mi
- Ancien hôtel de l'Archidiaconné du Chapitre de Saint-Gatienhôtelunder 1 mi
- Maison du 16e sièclemaisonunder 1 mi
- Ancien palais des Gouverneurschâteauunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.