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Église décanale Saint-Louis

Sète, Hérault, France

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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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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1693 map "Disegno Idrografico del Canal Reale." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

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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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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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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