Église Saint-Léger

Burie, Charente-Maritime, France

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Designation: Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection: inscrit MH
Extent of protection: Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 23 février 1925
Protection dates: 1925/02/23 : inscrit MH
Type: église
Main period of construction: 12e siècle
Ownership: propriété de la commune
Commune: Burie
Département: Charente-Maritime
Region: Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country: France
Coordinates: 45.77227, -0.42289
Mérimée reference: PA00104637

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1621 map "Carte du Pais d'Aunis Ville et Gouvernement de la Rochelle." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Historique

Eglise romane avec nef unique couverte d'un lambris de bois. Des arrachements de voûtes d'ogives sont visibles. La première travée de choeur est couverte d'une coupole sur pendentifs. L'abside est voûtée en cul-de-four. Façade romane.

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History

Romanesque church with single nave covered with wooden ceiling. Traces of rib vaults are visible. The first bay of the choir is covered with a dome on pendentives. The apse is vaulted in the form of a cul-de-four. Romanesque façade.

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