Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancien prieuré Saint-Jean-en-Grève
Blois, Loir-et-Cher, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Cellier (cad. CW 175) : inscription par arrêté du 11 août 1992
- Protection dates
- 1992/08/11 : inscrit MH
- Type
- prieuré
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété d'une association
- Commune
- Blois
- Département
- Loir-et-Cher
- Region
- Centre-Val de Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.59154, 1.34277
- Mérimée reference
- PA00098672
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The Dvkedome of Turone. Touraine. Tvronensis Ducatus" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Cet édifice, utilisé comme cellier par les moines du prieuré Saint-Jean-en-Grève, reste le seul vestige de cet ensemble monumental dont la fondation remonte au 12e siècle et est attribuée à l'abbé Gelduin de l'abbaye bénédictine de Pontlevoy. Le prieuré fut détruit en sa majeure partie au moment des guerres de Religion. Plutôt que de le restaurer, les moines préférèrent le laisser à l'abandon. D'état conventuel, il passa à celui de prieuré simple. Dès 1698, date de l'érection de l'évêché de Blois, son histoire se confondit avec celle de l'évêché, tombant dans la mense épiscopale. La plupart des ruines furent démolies au 18e siècle pour y installer le grand séminaire. Ce cellier médiéval a subi des transformations nombreuses et successives à différentes époques (ouvertures, charpente, silhouette générale) , mais reste le seul témoignage de ce passé.
English translation
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History
This building, used as a cellar by the monks of the priory of Saint-Jean-en-Grève, remains the sole vestige of this monumental complex whose foundation dates back to the 12th century and is attributed to Abbot Gelduin of the Benedictine abbey of Pontlevoy. The priory was largely destroyed at the time of the Wars of Religion. Rather than restore it, the monks preferred to leave it abandoned. From a convent building it passed to that of a simple priory. From 1698 onwards, date of the erection of the bishopric of Blois, its history became confused with that of the bishopric, falling into the episcopal mensa. Most of the ruins were demolished in the 18th century to install the major seminary there. This medieval cellar underwent numerous and successive transformations at different periods (openings, roof structure, general silhouette), but remains the sole testimony to this past.
Nearby in the register
- Basilique Notre-Dame de la Trinitébasiliqueunder 1 mi
- Ancien évêchépalais épiscopalunder 1 mi
- Harasharasunder 1 mi
- Halle aux grainshalleunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.