Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne église Saint-Pierre-de-Laleu, actuellement salle de sport
La Rochelle, Charente-Maritime, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Façade occidentale ; abside : inscription par arrêté du 23 février 1925
- Protection dates
- 1925/02/23 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- La Rochelle
- Département
- Charente-Maritime
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.17030, -1.20229
- Mérimée reference
- PA00104880
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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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).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise bâtie au 12e siècle, partiellement reconstruite au 15e, à demi ruinée fin 16e, remise en état en 1592 et au 17e siècle. L'intérieur est complètement modernisé. La façade de style gothique flamboyant date du 15e siècle. Clocher remanié au 17e siècle. Abside de style roman 12e siècle, avec chapiteaux historiés.
English translation
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History
Church built in the 12th century, partially rebuilt in the 15th, half-ruined at the end of the 16th, restored in 1592 and in the 17th century. The interior is completely modernized. The facade of Flamboyant Gothic style dates from the 15th century. Bell tower altered in the 17th century. Apse of 12th-century Romanesque style, with historiated capitals.
Nearby in the register
- Groupe scolaire Pierre-Lotigroupe scolaire1 mi
- Villa Alsacemaison2 mi
- Église Saint-André et Sainte-Jeanne-d'Arc de Fétillyéglise2 mi
- Hôtel Leclerchôtel2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.