Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église décanale Saint-Louis
Sète, Hérault, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise décanale Saint-Louis (cad. AO 311) : classement par arrêté du 9 mars 1989
- Protection dates
- 1989/03/09 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 1er quart 18e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1702
- Architect or builder
- Daviler Augustin Charles (maître de l'oeuvre)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Sète
- Département
- Hérault
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.39960, 3.69443
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103726
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Disegno Idrografico del Canal Reale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'édifice est construit de 1702 à 1712 par Daviler, à l'emplacement d'une église provisoire en bois dont la première pierre fut posée en 1666. De plan rectangulaire, l'édifice se compose d'une nef unique avec chapelles latérales, transept, choeur et chevet plat. La croisée du transept est voûtée en coupole sur pendentifs. La façade s'étage sur trois registres. Le décor se compose de pilastres plats, leurs chapiteaux et les doubleaux, d'impostes moulurées, de cadres moulurés garnissant les panneaux. En 1869, une statue de la Vierge a été installée sur le clocher.
English translation
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History
The building is constructed from 1702 to 1712 by Daviler, at the location of a provisional wooden church of which the first stone was laid in 1666. Of rectangular plan, the building is composed of a single nave with lateral chapels, transept, choir and flat chevet. The crossing of the transept is vaulted with a dome on pendentives. The façade is staged over three registers. The decoration is composed of flat pilasters, their capitals and the arches, of moulded imposts, of moulded frames garnishing the panels. In 1869, a statue of the Virgin was installed on the bell tower.
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