Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Hilaire
Melle, Deux-Sèvres, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Hilaire : classement par journal officiel du 18 avril 1914
- Protection dates
- 1914/04/18 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Melle
- Département
- Deux-Sèvres
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.21999, -0.14973
- Mérimée reference
- PA00101264
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1621 map "Carte du Pais d'Aunis Ville et Gouvernement de la Rochelle." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Façade de style roman poitevin. Au-dessus du portail nord, une niche abrite le cavalier Constantin. Chapiteaux historiés.
English translation
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History
Façade in Poitevin Romanesque style. Above the north portal, a niche shelters the rider Constantine. Historiated capitals.
Nearby in the register
- Hospicehospiceunder 1 mi
- Ancienne église Saint-Savinienégliseunder 1 mi
- Ancien Palais de Justice, ancien Hôtel de Ménocpalais de justiceunder 1 mi
- Maison Art Nouveaumaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.