Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église abbatiale Saint-Etienne
Vaux-sur-Mer, Charente-Maritime, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église : classement par arrêté du 4 septembre 1913
- Protection dates
- 1913/09/04 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Vaux-sur-Mer
- Département
- Charente-Maritime
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.64567, -1.06274
- Mérimée reference
- PA00105295
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 1764 map "Embouchure de la riviere de Gironde depuis la mer jusqu'au banc de Bey." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Vestige d'une abbaye bénédictine fondée au 11e siècle, l'édifice a été ruiné au cours des guerres de Religion.
English translation
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History
Remains of a Benedictine abbey founded in the 11th century; the building was ruined during the Wars of Religion.
Nearby in the register
- Cimetièrecimetièreunder 1 mi
- Restes de l'ancienne église Saint-Pallaiségliseunder 1 mi
- Marché couvertmarché2 mi
- Église Saint-Pierreéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.