Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Hilaire
Leignes-sur-Fontaine, Vienne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Les chapiteaux de la croisée du transept ainsi que les parois portant des inscriptions anciennes (cad. E 993) : classement par arrêté du 23 septembre 1957
- Protection dates
- 1957/09/23 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 17e siècle
- Dates
- 1613
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Leignes-sur-Fontaine
- Département
- Vienne
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.50570, 0.77771
- Mérimée reference
- PA00105489
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1714 map "Carte du Gouvernement d'Orleanois" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise romane, sans doute couverte par une charpente dès l'origine (aucune trace de voûtement). Murs et fenêtres doivent dater du 12e siècle. Les seuls éléments sculptés sont les chapiteaux des quatre angles de la croisée. L'édifice a été restauré sous Louis XIII. Les murs conservent la trace d'inscriptions gravées au 17e siècle. Elles font principalement allusion à la ruine de l'édifice par les Protestants en 1567 et à sa restauration en 1613. Toutes ces inscriptions sont dues au curé Olivier Siret. Une inscription date de 1598 et une autre de 1615.
English translation
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History
Romanesque church, no doubt covered by a roof structure from the outset (no trace of vaulting). Walls and windows must date from the 12th century. The only sculpted elements are the capitals at the four angles of the crossing. The building was restored under Louis XIII. The walls retain traces of inscriptions carved in the 17th century. They mainly allude to the ruin of the building by the Protestants in 1567 and its restoration in 1613. All these inscriptions are due to the priest Olivier Siret. One inscription dates from 1598 and another from 1615.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.