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Église Saint-Vincent

Puymoyen, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. A 470) : inscription par arrêté du 21 novembre 1969
Protection dates
1969/11/21 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 4e quart 16e siècle, 1er quart 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Puymoyen
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.61326, 0.18176
Mérimée reference
PA00104462

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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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Cette église, dépendant du chapitre cathédral d'Angoulême, n'a conservé de sa nef romane que le mur ouest. Elle a été remontée à la fin du 16e siècle et sa partie orientale élargie pour former transept. L'édifice a reçu un berceau très brisé. Le faux carré, plus étroit, sous le clocher, est couvert d'une coupole sur arc. A l'ouest, les supports sont des colonnes sur pilastres. La façade est percée d'une porte romane à trois rouleaux sur piédroits. Des contreforts du 16e siècle appuient les extrémités de la nef et du transept. Ceux du faux carré, au sud-ouest duquel est placé l'escalier, sont romans. Le clocher rectangulaire est placé au-dessus de la coupole. Le second étage est percé de baies jumelles, séparées par une colonnette.

English translation

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This church, depending on the cathedral chapter of Angoulême, has preserved of its Romanesque nave only the west wall. It was rebuilt in the late 16th century and its eastern part widened to form a transept. The building received a very broken barrel vault. The false square, narrower, under the bell tower, is covered with a dome on arch. To the west, the supports are columns on pilasters. The façade is pierced with a Romanesque door with three rolls on jambs. Buttresses of the 16th century support the ends of the nave and the transept. Those of the false square, to the south-west of which is placed the staircase, are Romanesque. The rectangular bell tower is placed above the dome. The second storey is pierced with paired openings, separated by a colonnette.

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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