Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Barthélémy
Confolens, Charente, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Barthélémy : classement par arrêté du 21 septembre 1907
- Protection dates
- 1907/09/21 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Confolens
- Département
- Charente
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.01865, 0.66882
- Mérimée reference
- PA00104327
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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 1773 map "68 Charroux." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise romane du 11e siècle, construite en granit. Nef avec transept et abside. Les arcs doubleaux du berceau et de la coupole octogonale reposent sur des piliers engagés. La coupole est éclairée au levant par deux oculi. Au 15e siècle, un bas-côté a été ajouté à la nef.
English translation
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History
Romanesque church of the 11th century, built in granite. Nave with transept and apse. The doubleaux arcs of the barrel vault and the octagonal dome rest on engaged pillars. The dome is lit to the east by two oculi. In the 15th century, an aisle was added to the nave.
Nearby in the register
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.