Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Quentin
Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais, Charente, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Quentin : classement par arrêté du 22 octobre 1913
- Protection dates
- 1913/10/22 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 12e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Quentin-de-Chalais
- Département
- Charente
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.25762, 0.06842
- Mérimée reference
- PA00104509
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid 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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La nef est voûtée en berceau et renforcée par des arcs doubleaux supportés par des demi-colonnes. La croisée de transept et de la nef est surmontée par le clocher. Au 14e siècle, des chapelles latérales ont été ajoutées de chaque côté de la nef.
English translation
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History
The nave is vaulted in barrel vault and reinforced by arches doubleaux supported by half-columns. The crossing of transept and nave is surmounted by the bell tower. In the 14th century, lateral chapels were added on each side of the nave.
Nearby in the register
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
- Cloîtreensemble religieux2 mi
- Église Saint-Martialéglise2 mi
- Église Saint-Laurentéglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.