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Église Saint-Rémi

Mourioux-Vieilleville, Creuse, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. D 80) : inscription par arrêté du 10 octobre 1961
Protection dates
1961/10/10 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 14e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Mourioux-Vieilleville
Département
Creuse
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.07681, 1.64506
Mérimée reference
PA00100113

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Marche, Limosin, Auvergne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le patronage de l'église appartenait à l'abbaye de Bénévent. Edifice caractéristique de la région. Construit au 13e siècle ou au début du 14e, il comporte une nef à trois travées sans bas-côté, précédée d'un clocher-porche plus récent dont les contrebutements limousins lui donnent une silhouette typique. Portail à multiples rouleaux. A l'intérieur, chapiteaux sculptés. D'anciens décors peints apparaissent par endroit, remontant sans doute au 17e siècle et recouvrant des peintures plus anciennes. Au 14e siècle, l'église a été fortifiée : les trous de hourds se voient au chevet, ainsi que l'ouverture rectangulaire qui donnait accès au chemin de ronde.

English translation

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The patronage of the church belonged to the abbey of Bénévent. Building characteristic of the region. Built in the 13th century or at the beginning of the 14th, it comprises a nave of three bays without an aisle, preceded by a more recent porch tower whose Limousin buttressing gives it a typical silhouette. Portal with multiple mouldings. Inside, sculpted capitals. Former painted decoration appears in places, probably dating from the 17th century and covering earlier paintings. In the 14th century, the church was fortified: the hourd holes are visible at the chevet, as is the rectangular opening which gave access to the wall-walk.

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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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