Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Maison
Saint-Gilles, Gard, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Statue de Saint-Gilles et sa niche à l'angle de la maison : inscription par arrêté du 6 décembre 1949
- Protection dates
- 1949/12/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- maison
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Address
- Grande-Rue ; rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville
- Commune
- Saint-Gilles
- Département
- Gard
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.67718, 4.43183
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103212
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailLionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public LibraryDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1603 map "Languedock." (Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Statue sans doute du 16e siècle, représentant saint Gilles et sa biche. L'évêque est représenté debout, mitré, revêtu d'ornements sacerdotaux et tenant de la main gauche la crosse. Sa main droite est levée et donne la bénédiction épiscopale. A ses pieds, levant la tête, se tient une biche.
English translation
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History
Statue probably of the 16th century, representing Saint Gilles and his doe. The bishop is represented standing, mitre on his head, dressed in ecclesiastical vestments and holding in his left hand the crosier. His right hand is raised and gives the episcopal blessing. At his feet, raising its head, stands a doe.
Nearby in the register
- Maison romanemaisonunder 1 mi
- Église Saint-Gilleségliseunder 1 mi
- Ancienne abbaye de Saint-Gillesabbayeunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.