Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Martin
Souvigny-en-Sologne, Loir-et-Cher, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. E 312) : inscription par arrêté du 23 avril 1979
- Protection dates
- 1979/04/23 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Souvigny-en-Sologne
- Département
- Loir-et-Cher
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.64401, 2.16370
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098609
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "9 Gien." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Commencée au 12e siècle (nef et façade) , l'église est prolongée au 16e siècle par un choeur et une abside à trois pans et précédée d'un porche de bois. La tourelle d'escalier, autrefois en pans de bois, permettant d'accéder au comble, datait également du 16e siècle mais fut reconstruite au 19e. Le clocher, au-dessus de l'avant-choeur, est carré et dominé par une courte flèche octogonale.
English translation
The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com
History
Begun in the 12th century (nave and façade), the church is extended in the 16th century by a choir and an apse with three sides and preceded by a timber porch. The staircase turret, formerly in timber framing, allowing access to the roof space, also dated from the 16th century but was rebuilt in the 19th. The bell tower, above the fore-choir, is square and dominated by a short octagonal spire.