Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
église Saint-Étienne
Faux-la-Montagne, Creuse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 467p) : inscription par arrêté du 5 août 1963
- Protection dates
- 1963/08/05 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Faux-la-Montagne
- Département
- Creuse
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.75017, 1.93393
- Mérimée reference
- PA00100062
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1763 map "13 Aubusson." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le patronage de cette église appartenait au chapitre cathédral de Limoges. Edifice d'une nef à chevet plat avec deux petites chapelles ajoutées. Les murs peuvent dater du 13e ou du 16e siècle, mais les voûtes et le fenestrage oriental sont des 15e et 16e siècle. Du 15e siècle doit également dater la façade ouest formant clocher-mur. Corbeaux sculptés de masques. La chapelle sud a été construite au 19e siècle sur l'emplacement d'une chapelle démolie.
English translation
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History
The patronage of this church belonged to the cathedral chapter of Limoges. Building with a single nave with flat chevet and two small chapels added. The walls may date from the 13th or 16th century, but the vaults and the eastern fenestration are from the 15th and 16th centuries. The western façade forming a porch tower should also date from the 15th century. Corbels sculptured with masks. The south chapel was built in the 19th century on the site of a demolished chapel.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.