Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Victor
Saint-Victor-en-Marche, Creuse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 16 décembre 1936
- Protection dates
- 1936/12/16 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Victor-en-Marche
- Département
- Creuse
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.11877, 1.81476
- Mérimée reference
- PA00100197
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 1768 map "32 Le Dorat." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Le portail qui ouvre sur la façade Est, en tracé brisé, est flanqué de deux colonnettes dont les chapiteaux ornés de masques, sont continués par une frise de feuillage. Le clocher s'élève sur la partie ouest de la nef. Il est en charpente, entièrement recouvert de bardeaux. A l'intérieur, berceau de bois. L'église date du 14e siècle, avec quelques restaurations au 18e. Le clocher date du 18e siècle.
English translation
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History
The gateway which opens onto the east façade in broken outline is flanked by two small columns whose capitals decorated with masks are continued by a leaf frieze. The bell tower rises above the west part of the nave. It is timber-framed and entirely covered with shingles. At the interior, a wooden barrel vault. The church dates to the 14th century with some restorations in the 18th. The bell tower dates to the 18th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.