Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Félix
Ayguatébia-Talau, Pyrénées-Orientales, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Portail (vantaux compris) (cad. AB 81) : inscription par arrêté du 8 juin 1967
- Protection dates
- 1967/06/08 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle, 18e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1693, 1706
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Ayguatébia-Talau
- Département
- Pyrénées-Orientales
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 42.57289, 2.18504
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103965
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1608 map "(23) Cataloniae." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église médiévale a été rebâtie. La date de 1693 gravée sur le linteau d'une porte latérale peut se rapporter à la construction de la nef et des chapelles. Le clocher fut commencé en 1706 mais sa base est plus ancienne, la tour ayant sans doute été édifiée sur un porche préexistant qui laisse supposer que l'église occupe son emplacement d'origine. Le porche s'ouvre sous un arc plein cintre constitué de très grands claveaux.
English translation
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History
The medieval church was rebuilt. The date of 1693 engraved on the lintel of a lateral door may relate to the construction of the nave and chapels. The bell tower was begun in 1706 but its base is older, the tower having probably been built on a pre-existing porch which suggests that the church occupies its original location. The porch opens under a round arch formed of very large voussoirs.