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Église Saint-Pierre

La Péruse, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Pierre (cad. B 295) : inscription par arrêté du 28 octobre 1980
Protection dates
1980/10/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
2e moitié 11e siècle, 14e siècle, 18e siècle, 4e quart 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
La Péruse
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.87594, 0.61852
Mérimée reference
PA00104454

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "69 Angouleme." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ancienne église priorale du diocèse de Limoges, consacrée en 1089 et dépendant de l'abbaye de Bourgueil. Elle a été restaurée au 14e siècle puis en 1744 et 1895. La nef, aujourd'hui recouverte d'un lambris, possédait quatre travées séparées par des doubleaux détruits. Le faux carré du transept, plus étroit que la nef, devait être recouvert d'une coupole dont la calotte a été remplacée par un plafond. L'abside, surélevée de deux marches, est semi-circulaire à l'intérieur et pentagonale à l'extérieur. Un cul de four la surmonte. Si la base du clocher est ancienne, son premier étage à trois baies jumelles sur les faces et sa flèche sont modernes.

English translation

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Former priory church of the diocese of Limoges, consecrated in 1089 and dependent on the abbey of Bourgueil. It was restored in the 14th century and then in 1744 and 1895. The nave, now covered with a timber ceiling, possessed four bays separated by destroyed ribs. The false crossing of the transept, narrower than the nave, was to be covered with a dome whose cupola was replaced by a ceiling. The apse, raised by two steps, is semicircular inside and pentagonal outside. A quarter-vault rises above it. If the base of the bell tower is old, its first storey with three twin openings on the faces and its spire are modern.

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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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