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Église Saint-Michel

Jarnages, Creuse, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : classement par arrêté du 12 novembre 1930
Protection dates
1930/11/12 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Jarnages
Département
Creuse
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.18107, 2.08576
Mérimée reference
PA00100089

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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

Eglise du 12e siècle, reprise à la fin du 14e, à l'époque des Grandes Compagnies pour résister à un assaut. Une intéressante échauguette de défense à trois mâchicoulis ornés d'arcatures trilobées est placée au chevet. Le plan comportait primitivement deux chapelles à chevet plat sur les bras du transept. Le portail ouest viendrait, selon la tradition orale, du monastère voisin des Célestins des Ternes, et aurait été remonté sur l'église après la démolition du monastère, à la fin du 18e siècle.

English translation

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Church of the 12th century, reworked at the end of the 14th, at the time of the Great Companies to resist an assault. An interesting defensive echauguette with three machicolations ornamented with trilobate arcatures is placed at the chevet. The plan originally comprised two chapels with flat chevets on the arms of the transept. The west portal would come, according to local tradition, from the neighbouring monastery of the Celestines at Ternes, and was supposedly remounted on the church after the demolition of the monastery at the end of the 18th 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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