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Église Saint-Sylvain

Bonnat, Creuse, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : classement par arrêté du 26 mars 1924
Protection dates
1924/03/26 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 13e siècle, 14e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Bonnat
Département
Creuse
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.32733, 1.90276
Mérimée reference
PA00100012

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1762 map "12 Evaux." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église, de plan rectangulaire, fut fortifiée au 15e siècle par l'adjonction de courtines et de mâchicoulis avec quatre échauguettes aux angles. Il ne reste que des traces de celles de la façade ouest. Deux portails percent les façades sud et nord. Une sacristie a été ajoutée au début du 17e siècle.

English translation

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The church, rectangular in plan, was fortified in the 15th century by the addition of curtain walls and machicolations with four watchturrets at the angles. Only traces of those on the west façade remain. Two portals pierce the south and north façades. A sacristy was added in the early 17th century.

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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