Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Limalonges, Deux-Sèvres, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. E 863) : classement par arrêté du 11 avril 1975
- Protection dates
- 1975/04/11 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Limalonges
- Département
- Deux-Sèvres
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.13026, 0.16913
- Mérimée reference
- PA00101246
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 1773 map "68 Charroux." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise typique des édifices romans régionaux du 12e siècle. L'abside et le portail d'entrée remonteraient vraisemblablement au 11e siècle. Le plan se compose d'une abside, d'un choeur, d'une nef, voûtés en berceau. Au nord, le bas-côté gothique a été ajouté au 15e siècle. L'église est surmontée d'un clocher carré. Chapiteaux historiés.
English translation
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History
Typical church of regional 12th-century Romanesque buildings. The apse and entrance portal probably date back to the 11th century. The plan consists of an apse, a choir, a nave, vaulted in barrel vault. To the north, the gothic aisle was added in the 15th century. The church is topped by a square bell tower. Historiated capitals.
Nearby in the register
- Ancienne maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
- Dolmen dit La Pierre Pèsedolmen2 mi
- Logis du Magnoumanoir2 mi
- Tumulus de Nouverteilstumulus2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.