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Église Saint-Pierre du Bouchet

La Roche-Rigault, Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise du Bouchet : inscription par arrêté du 16 juillet 1925
Protection dates
1925/07/16 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
Le Bouchet
Commune
La Roche-Rigault
Département
Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.95847, 0.15650
Mérimée reference
PA00105674

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1579 map "(28) Andegavensium." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église fut construite sur l'emplacement d'un temple gallo-romain dédié aux divinités sylvestres, temple dont les matériaux furent utilisés dans ses substructions. En 1719, la ruine de l'édifice était presque totale et deux années de travaux furent nécessaires pour le rendre au culte. En 1850, restauration complète de la nef. Décor sculpté sur frises et chapiteaux. La façade, sans arcatures multiples, avec un porche unique sans tympan, soutenu par des colonnettes engagées, est dans les traditions locales de l'école romane poitevine. Le transept est couvert d'une coupole d'importation aquitaine.

English translation

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The church was built on the site of a Gallo-Roman temple dedicated to sylvan divinities, a temple whose materials were used in its substructures. In 1719, the ruin of the building was almost total and two years of works were necessary to restore it to worship. In 1850, complete restoration of the nave. Sculptured ornament on friezes and capitals. The façade, without multiple arcading, with a single porch without tympanum, supported by engaged colonnettes, is in the local traditions of the Poitevin romanesque school. The transept is covered with a dome of Aquitanian importation.

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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