Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
Béthines, Vienne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Le clocher : inscription par arrêté du 28 juin 1937
- Protection dates
- 1937/06/28 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Béthines
- Département
- Vienne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.54730, 0.97616
- Mérimée reference
- PA00105351
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 1768 map "31 Le Blanc, Chateauroux, Montmorillon." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise du 10e siècle. Clocher carré du 12e siècle, placé sur le croisillon sud de l'église. Une corniche sur modillons à masques est surmontée de baies à archivoltes sur chaque face. Au-dessus, flèche de pierre en forme de pyramide à six pans, flanquée de quatre clochetons coniques terminés en boules.
English translation
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History
Church of the 10th century. Square bell tower of the 12th century, placed on the south crossing of the church. A cornice on modillions with masks is surmounted by openings with archivolt mouldings on each face. Above, a stone spire in the form of a pyramid with six sides, flanked by four conical bell turrets topped with balls.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.