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Ancienne église Saint-Romain

Châtellerault, Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Romain (ancienne) (cad. F 127) : inscription par arrêté du 1er juin 1973
Protection dates
1973/06/01 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Address
30 rue Saint-Romain
Commune
Châtellerault
Département
Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.81900, 0.54289
Mérimée reference
PA00105400

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1592 map "Topographia Aug. Turon Ducatus et confinium Gallia Cestica ..." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église prend son origine au 11e siècle. Elle est restaurée au 12e et agrandie au 17e siècle. En 1780, elle est vendue à des particuliers qui la transforment en habitation. Il subsiste une abside semi-circulaire et une partie du transept. Le bras sud de ce dernier conserve des chapiteaux sculptés (figures, anges, tête de mort). Intérieurement, l'édifice a été divisé en plusieurs étages où sont visibles des chapiteaux sculptés. Dans les combles sont visibles les ogives, des arcs formerets et leur intersection formée d'une clef à écusson.

English translation

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The church originates in the 11th century. It is restored in the 12th and enlarged in the 17th century. In 1780, it is sold to private individuals who transform it into a dwelling. There remains a semi-circular apse and part of the transept. The south arm of the latter preserves sculpted capitals (figures, angels, death's head). Internally, the building has been divided into several storeys where sculpted capitals are visible. In the roof space are visible rib vaults, formerets and their intersection formed by a shield-shaped key.

Nearby in the register

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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