Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Paul
Frontignan, Hérault, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Paul : classement par arrêté du 7 juin 1919
- Protection dates
- 1919/06/07 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 14e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Frontignan
- Département
- Hérault
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.44735, 3.75526
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103455
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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 1750 map "Composite 15: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église se compose d'une nef voûtée en berceau ogive, terminée par un choeur à abside polygonale, flanquée de deux chapelles latérales formant un faux transept. Le clocher s'élève en saillie sur la face ouest. Les murs de la nef datent du 12e siècle et conservent de cette époque une corniche extérieure à arcatures sur corbelets. Cette nef fut surélevée au 14e siècle et reçut à ce moment une nouvelle corniche à corbelets. La voûte aurait été construite à la même époque, ainsi que le choeur, les chapelles latérales et les sacristies. Le clocher aurait été établi ensuite et son sommet refait au 16e siècle. La face ouest est défendue par de grands mâchicoulis en partie masqués par le clocher.
English translation
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History
The church comprises a nave with barrel vault with ogival ribs, terminated by a choir with polygonal apse, flanked by two lateral chapels forming a false transept. The bell tower rises in projection on the west face. The walls of the nave date from the 12th century and preserve from that period an external cornice with arcading on corbels. This nave was raised in height in the 14th century and received at that time a new cornice with corbels. The vault is said to have been constructed at the same period, as well as the choir, the lateral chapels and the sacristies. The bell tower is said to have been established subsequently and its summit remade in the 16th century. The west face is defended by large machicolations partly masked by the bell tower.
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