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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Bourg-Charente, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'église : classement par arrêté du 10 février 1913
Protection dates
1913/02/10 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Bourg-Charente
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.67312, -0.21815
Mérimée reference
PA00104255

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1771 map "102 Saintes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Eglise romane du 12e siècle, parfaitement conservée. Nef et transept avec abside et absidioles. Les travées sont voûtées en coupole. La façade présente trois séries d'arcatures superposées et est couronnée par un fronton. L'abside présente également des arcatures et une riche ornementation symbolique aux modillons.

English translation

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Romanesque church of the 12th century, perfectly preserved. Nave and transept with apse and absidioles. The bays are vaulted with domes. The façade presents three series of superposed arcading and is crowned by a pediment. The apse also presents arcading and rich symbolic ornamentation with modillions.

Nearby in the register

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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