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Église Saint-Vincent

Montguyon, Charente-Maritime, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 11 avril 1947
Protection dates
1947/04/11 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Montguyon
Département
Charente-Maritime
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.22056, -0.17935
Mérimée reference
PA00104813

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1714 map "Bourdelois du Perigord." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Edifice en forme de croix latine, composé d'une nef, d'un transept, d'un choeur et d'un sanctuaire qui se termine en forme d'abside. Le clocher a été construit au 15e siècle sur le transept. La voûte de la nef est en briques creuses, en forme d'arc brisé. Les croisillons sont voûtés sur croisée d'ogives. Les murs intérieurs du sanctuaire présentent un décor du 19e siècle, comportant des pilastres à cannelures, surmontés de chapiteaux et d'un entablement. L'abside du 12e siècle, de plan polygonal, est calée par trois contreforts dont le plus gros, placé dans l'axe, est percé de baie d'éclairage.

English translation

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Building in the form of a Latin cross, composed of a nave, a transept, a choir and a sanctuary which ends in the form of an apse. The bell tower was constructed in the 15th century over the transept. The vault of the nave is in hollow brick, in the form of a pointed arch. The transepts are vaulted on a rib vault. The interior walls of the sanctuary present 19th-century decoration, comprising fluted pilasters, surmounted by capitals and an entablature. The 12th-century apse, of polygonal plan, is supported by three buttresses of which the largest, placed on axis, is pierced with a lighting opening.

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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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