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Église Saint-Martin

Sargé-sur-Braye, Loir-et-Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Martin (cad. H 88) : classement par arrêté du 21 juin 1958
Protection dates
1958/06/21 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
10e siècle, 11e siècle, 12e siècle, 16e siècle
Dates
1549
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Sargé-sur-Braye
Département
Loir-et-Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.92328, 0.85111
Mérimée reference
PA00098592

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le plan présente une nef rectangulaire suivie d'un choeur étroit à chevet plat. A l'angle nord-est, l'appareil des pierres très allongées, les restes d'une fenêtre à claveaux, les impostes chanfreinées à l'entrée du choeur, indiquent un édifice dont la construction peut remonter au 10e ou au début du 11e siècle. Des modifications ont été apportées au 12e siècle. Au 16e siècle, l'édifice prit son aspect actuel, avec baie à remplage flamboyant, porte à pilastres et frontons Renaissance... La nef fut couverte d'un lambris à entraits et poinçons apparents et sculptés qui a conservé sa décoration peinte d'arabesques. Des traces de peintures murales du 14e siècle subsistent.

English translation

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The plan presents a rectangular nave followed by a narrow choir with flat chevet. At the north-east angle, the coursing of very elongated stones, the remains of a window with voussoirs, the chamfered imposts at the entrance to the choir, indicate a building whose construction may date from the 10th or beginning of the 11th century. Modifications were made in the 12th century. In the 16th century, the building took its present appearance, with opening with flamboyant tracery, door with pilasters and Renaissance pediments... The nave was covered with a ceiling with visible and carved tie-beams and collar-ties which preserved its painted decoration of arabesques. Traces of 14th century wall paintings remain.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

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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