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Ancienne abbaye des Ternes

Pionnat, Creuse, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures des bâtiments conventuels et de la boulangerie (cad. D 322) : inscription par arrêté du 9 décembre 1981
Protection dates
1981/12/09 : inscrit MH
Type
abbaye
Main period of construction
14e siècle
Dates
1338
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Pionnat
Département
Creuse
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.16906, 2.04565
Mérimée reference
PA00100129

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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

Le fief des Ternes fut acheté vers 1250 par Godefroy le Fort. Son fils Roger, qui choisit la carrière ecclésiastique, en hérita en 1308. En 1338, il fonda le monastère des Ternes pour la Congrégation des Célestins. En 1367, l'église et les bâtiments conventuels étaient édifiés et la vie religieuse installée. Si l'église a disparu, restent les bâtiments conventuels. Ils sont constitués par deux ailes en L. Le portail d'entrée est flanqué de deux tourelles. L'ancienne boulangerie, de plan carré, se trouve au nord.

English translation

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The fief of the Ternes was bought around 1250 by Godefroy le Fort. His son Roger, who chose an ecclesiastical career, inherited it in 1308. In 1338, he founded the monastery of the Ternes for the Congregation of the Celestines. In 1367, the church and the conventional buildings were built and religious life established. If the church has disappeared, the conventional buildings remain. They are constituted by two wings in an L-shape. The entrance portal is flanked by two turrets. The old bakery, of square plan, is found to the north.

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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