Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Martial
Saint-Martial-le-Vieux, Creuse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Martial (cad. D 319) : inscription par arrêté du 9 juin 1971
- Protection dates
- 1971/06/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 1er quart 14e siècle, 1er quart 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Martial-le-Vieux
- Département
- Creuse
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.67120, 2.27978
- Mérimée reference
- PA00100175
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1753 map "Marche, Limosin, Auvergne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Edifice composé de quatre travées, ayant conservé sa voûte en plein cintre sur doubleaux, fait très rare en Limousin. Des chapelles latérales ont été ajoutées par la suite. La fenêtre du sanctuaire a peut-être été agrandie à l'époque gothique. Le clocher-peigne est typique de la région. Sa porte en arc brisé est surmontée d'une rose probablement postérieure. Au dernier niveau, deux baies géminées en arc brisé sur imposte, abritent deux cloches. Ces baies sont surmontées d'un fronton triangulaire.
English translation
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History
Building composed of four bays, having preserved its round arch vault on double arches, a very rare occurrence in Limousin. Lateral chapels were added subsequently. The window of the sanctuary may have been enlarged in the Gothic period. The porch tower is typical of the region. Its pointed arch door is surmounted by a rose probably later. At the last level, two twin openings with pointed arches on an impost, shelter two bells. These openings are surmounted by a triangular pediment.
Nearby in the register
- Croix du 16e sièclecroix de cimetière2 mi
- Croix de chemincroix de chemin3 mi
- Trois mottes castralesmotte3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.