Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église de l'Ordination-de-Saint-Martin
Blond, Haute-Vienne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 6 février 1926
- Protection dates
- 1926/02/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Blond
- Département
- Haute-Vienne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.04484, 1.01772
- Mérimée reference
- PA00100253
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 1703 map "Map of the Geography of Ancient France). (continued.)" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'abside et la façade organisée pour la défense sont les parties les plus intéressantes de l'édifice. La nef a été remaniée au début du 20e siècle par l'adjonction de colonnes et de doubleaux à but décoratif.
English translation
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History
The apse and the façade organised for defence are the most interesting parts of the building. The nave was reworked in the early 20th century by the addition of columns and transverse arches for decorative purposes.
Nearby in the register
- Ensemble des vestiges gallo-romainssite archéologiqueunder 1 mi
- Ancien couvent des Augustinscouvent3 mi
- Chapelle des Morts Saint-Jean-L'Evangélistechapelle funéraire3 mi
- Cimetièrecimetière3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.