Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne abbaye d'Olivet
Saint-Julien-sur-Cher, Loir-et-Cher, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Salle capitulaire (cad. A 5) : classement par arrêté du 11 février 1963
- Protection dates
- 1963/02/11 : classé MH
- Type
- abbaye
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle
- Dates
- 1146
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Saint-Julien-sur-Cher
- Département
- Loir-et-Cher
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.27710, 1.80416
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098583
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1713 map "Le Berri et Le Nivernois, La Beauce et La Sologne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Abbaye cistercienne fondée en 1146 qui devait dépendre de Noirlac, présentant le plan habituel des abbayes de cet ordre. Autour de la cour du cloître se dresse, au nord et à l'ouest, les galeries reconstruites au 17e siècle. Les galeries du cloître nord ont été incluses dans un bâtiment d'habitation élevé au 18e siècle. A l'est du cloître, la salle capitulaire est presque entièrement conservée. Cette salle rectangulaire est divisée en deux nefs par deux piles isolées. Ces piles reçoivent des ogives des six compartiments de voûte.
English translation
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History
Cistercian abbey founded in 1146 which was to depend on Noirlac, presenting the usual plan of abbeys of this order. Around the cloister court rise, to the north and west, the galleries rebuilt in the 17th century. The galleries of the north cloister were included in a residential building raised in the 18th century. To the east of the cloister, the chapter house is almost entirely preserved. This rectangular hall is divided into two naves by two isolated pillars. These pillars receive ribs of the six compartments of vault.
Nearby in the register
- Croix de carrefourcroix de chemin2 mi
- Église Saint-Loupéglise2 mi
- Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleineéglise2 mi
- Maison du 13e sièclemaison2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.