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Ancienne chapelle Saint-Pierre-de-la-Motte

Vendôme, Loir-et-Cher, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle Saint-Pierre-de-la-Motte (ancienne) : inscription par arrêté du 6 mars 1948
Protection dates
1948/03/06 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
11e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Vendôme
Département
Loir-et-Cher
Region
Centre-Val de Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.79251, 1.06391
Mérimée reference
PA00098635

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1725 map "Le Maine, L'Anjou et La Touraine, La Beauche et La Sologne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La chapelle aurait été fondée vers 1075 et faisait partie d'un prieuré qui dépendait de l'abbaye de Saint-Georges-du-Bois. Cette église était autrefois plus grande qu'elle ne l'est. Il n'en subsiste plus que le choeur et l'abside. La nef, qui servit de magasin après la désaffection de l'église, a disparu. Les maisons cernant la chapelle, l'ancienne tannerie et le moulin, faisaient partie de l'enclos du petit monastère. L'ensemble était fermé par des murs. L'intérieur de la chapelle conserve des chapiteaux sculptés (têtes, feuillages, oiseaux).

English translation

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The chapel is said to have been founded around 1075 and formed part of a priory which depended on the abbey of Saint-Georges-du-Bois. This church was formerly larger than it is. Only the choir and the apse remain. The nave, which served as a storehouse after the church was deconsecrated, has disappeared. The houses surrounding the chapel, the former tannery and the mill, formed part of the enclosure of the small monastery. The whole was enclosed by walls. The interior of the chapel preserves sculpted capitals (heads, foliage, birds).

Nearby in the register

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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