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Église Sainte-Madeleine

Bors (Canton de Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde), Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. C 155) : classement par arrêté du 4 mars 1994
Protection dates
1994/03/04 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
les Arnauds
Commune
Bors (Canton de Baignes-Sainte-Radegonde)
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.32021, -0.19859
Mérimée reference
PA00104563

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "103 Blaye." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Eglise fondée au 12e siècle (façade romane), remaniée à la fin du Moyen Age, reconstruite après les guerres de Religion. La cure était unie à l'abbaye de Baigne qui l'aurait créée vers 1120. L'édifice dut souffrir des guerres de Cent ans et être en partie reconstruit aux 14e et 15e siècles. Le plan est allongé et constitué d'un seul vaisseau de quatre travées. La façade surmontée d'un clocher-mur est divisée en deux par une corniche sur modillons. D'une ancienne galerie disparue, il ne reste que les traces d'une arcature. Quatre contreforts encadrent un portail central et deux arcatures latérales. Le chevet est ajouré d'un triplet. Eglise désaffectée, sauf pour quelques inhumations.

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Church founded in the 12th century (Romanesque facade), altered at the end of the Middle Ages, rebuilt after the Wars of Religion. The curacy was united with the abbey of Baigne which would have created it around 1120. The building must have suffered from the Hundred Years War and be partly rebuilt in the 14th and 15th centuries. The plan is elongated and constituted of a single nave of four bays. The facade surmounted by a bell gable is divided in two by a cornice on modillons. Of an old gallery now disappeared, there remain only the traces of an arcature. Four buttresses frame a central portal and two lateral arcatures. The chevet is perforated with a triplet. Church deconsecrated, except for some burials.

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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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