Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Cimetière dit Vieux Astre
Sepvigny, Meuse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle : classement par arrêté du 19 novembre 1910
- Protection dates
- 1910/11/19 : classé MH
- Type
- cimetière
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Sepvigny
- Département
- Meuse
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.56317, 5.68720
- Mérimée reference
- PA00106631
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
Chapelle de la fin du 12e siècle, dont il ne reste que le choeur. L'intérieur est orné de peintures murales datées de la première moitié du 16e siècle représentant la légende des trois morts et des trois vifs, l'entrée des élus au paradis, le donateur, les rois mages, l'entrée des damnés en enfer et le jugement dernier.
English translation
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History
Chapel of the late 12th century, of which only the choir remains. The interior is adorned with wall paintings dated to the first half of the 16th century representing the legend of the three dead and the three living, the entry of the blessed into paradise, the donor, the three wise men, the entry of the damned into hell and the last judgment.
Nearby in the register
- Croix en pierrecroix monumentaleunder 1 mi
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Châteauchâteau2 mi
- Domaine du châteauchâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.