Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Maurice
Montbron, Charente, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : classement par liste de 1862
- Protection dates
- 1862 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Montbron
- Département
- Charente
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.66937, 0.50294
- Mérimée reference
- PA00104428
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "69 Angouleme." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'abside semble plus ancienne que la nef et le clocher. Cette abside demi-circulaire est complétée par cinq absidioles qui font saillie à l'extérieur. Celle du milieu est plus grande que les autres et porte une décoration d'arcades en arc brisé.
English translation
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History
The apse appears older than the nave and the bell tower. This semi-circular apse is completed by five apsidioles which project outward. The middle one is larger than the others and bears a decoration of arches in pointed arch.
Nearby in the register
- Vieux châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Menetchâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Ferrièreschâteauunder 1 mi
- Château de Chabrotchâteauunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.