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Ancienne chapelle des Cordeliers

Parthenay, Deux-Sèvres, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle des Cordeliers (ancienne) (cad. AL 59) : classement par arrêté du 5 décembre 1984
Protection dates
1984/12/05 : classé MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
111 boulevard de la Meilleraye
Commune
Parthenay
Département
Deux-Sèvres
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.65015, -0.24779
Mérimée reference
PA00101301

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1637 map "The County of Pictavia. Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Chapelle dépendant de l'ancien couvent des Cordeliers, datée du 13e siècle avec des parties du 15e et une chapelle Renaissance. Toutes les voûtes subsistent. Le mur pignon ouest a été reconstruit. Celui de l'est était évidé d'une baie dont il reste en grande partie les réseaux. Les riches décorations du 15e siècle se voient dans ce qui devait être le choeur (piscine, portes). La chapelle Renaissance conserve un retable de cette époque.

English translation

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Chapel dependent on the former Cordeliers convent, dated to the 13th century with parts of the 15th century and a Renaissance chapel. All the vaults survive. The western gable wall was rebuilt. The eastern one was hollowed out by an opening of which the tracery remains largely intact. The rich decorations of the 15th century are visible in what must have been the choir (piscina, doors). The Renaissance chapel preserves a retable of this period.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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