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Église Saint-Pierre-des-Martyrs

Genac, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Pierre-des-Martyrs (cad. AB 221) : classement par arrêté du 24 décembre 1980
Protection dates
1980/12/24 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
13e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Genac
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.79895, 0.02678
Mérimée reference
PA00104377

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1711 map "Le Gouvernement General De Guinne et Gascogne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise attribuée, en 1110, au chapitre cathédral d'Angoulême, reconstruite au 13e siècle. L'édifice à nef unique est clos à l'est par un chevet plat et surmonté à l'ouest d'un clocher rectangulaire. La nef est couverte d'un berceau brisé en pierre et divisée en trois travées. A l'est, une quatrième travée couverte d'une voûte gothique à huit quartiers, forme le choeur qui s'ouvre au nord et au sud sur deux chapelles latérales.

English translation

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Church attributed in 1110 to the cathedral chapter of Angoulême, rebuilt in the 13th century. The single-nave building is closed at the east by a flat chevet and surmounted at the west by a rectangular bell tower. The nave is covered with a broken barrel vault in stone and divided into three bays. At the east, a fourth bay covered with a Gothic rib vault with eight sections forms the choir which opens to the north and south onto two side chapels.

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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