Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Léger de Gironville
Geville, Meuse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise de Gironville : classement par arrêté du 27 avril 1908
- Protection dates
- 1908/04/27 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Geville
- Département
- Meuse
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.79271, 5.67416
- Mérimée reference
- PA00106539
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 1600 map "59. Lotharingiae (Lorraine) Ducatus superioris vera delineatio." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise de type église-halle, reconstruite au début du 16ème siècle, avec une enceinte fortifiée. La tour clocher date du 12ème siècle. Les murs goutterots de l'église sont percés de baies sous l'arase qui permettaient l'habitation et la défense.
English translation
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History
Church of the hall-church type, rebuilt in the early 16th century, with a fortified enclosure. The bell tower dates from the 12th century. The gutter walls of the church are pierced by openings below the cornice which allowed habitation and defence.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.