Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Gilles
Argenton-Château, Deux-Sèvres, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Le portail occidental : classement par arrêté du 2 septembre 1907
- Protection dates
- 1907/09/02 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- Eglise (rue de l')
- Commune
- Argenton-Château
- Département
- Deux-Sèvres
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.98454, -0.44658
- Mérimée reference
- PA00101176
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 1579 map "(28) Andegavensium." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église est moderne mais conserve, à l'ouest, un riche portail à cinq archivoltes garnies de figures, tout comme les tympans.
English translation
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History
The church is modern but preserves, on the west side, a rich portal with five archivolts decorated with figures, as are the tympana.
Nearby in the register
- Château d'Argenton-le-Châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Ancien pont Cadoretpontunder 1 mi
- Ruines du château de l'Ebaupinay ou de Baupinaychâteau2 mi
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.