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Église Saint-Médard

Ladiville, Charente, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Médard : inscription par arrêté du 1er octobre 1952
Protection dates
1952/10/01 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Ladiville
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.51471, -0.06561
Mérimée reference
PA00104388

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1714 map "Bourdelois du Perigord." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise de l'ancien diocèse de Saintes, citée dès le début du 12e siècle. Plan rectangulaire à une seule nef et abside semi-circulaire. La façade occidentale s'ouvre par un portail à trois voussures plein cintre reposant sur des pilastres. Deux portes aveugles accompagnent ce portail. Elles sont à trois voussures avec gorge, reposant sur des colonnettes rondes. L'étage au-dessus comprend quatre arcatures. L'abside est ornée d'arcatures et de colonnes rondes adossées à des pilastres. Côté nord se trouve le clocher qui a été reconstruit. Il est à peu près carré, terminé par une flèche en ardoises.

English translation

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Church of the former diocese of Saintes, cited from the beginning of the 12th century. Rectangular plan with a single nave and semi-circular apse. The western façade opens by a portal with three round-arch voussures resting on pilasters. Two blind doors accompany this portal. They are with three voussures with gorge, resting on round small columns. The storey above comprises four arcatures. The apse is ornamented with arcatures and round columns attached to pilasters. On the north side is the bell tower which has been reconstructed. It is approximately square, terminated by a slate spire.

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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