Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Christophe
Saint-Christophe-en-Champagne, Sarthe, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B1 1) : classement par arrêté du 15 décembre 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/12/15 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Christophe-en-Champagne
- Département
- Sarthe
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.96736, -0.13751
- Mérimée reference
- PA00109935
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "L'Evesche du Mans (southwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Dépendance de l'abbaye des religieuses bénédictines du Pré au Mans. Eglise romane en forme de croix latine, voûtée postérieurement et enrichie au 16e siècle (mobilier et portail ouest). Voûte lambrissée peinte de la fin du 15e ou du début du 16e siècle.
English translation
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History
Dependency of the abbey of the Benedictine nuns of Le Pré in Le Mans. Romanesque church in the form of a Latin cross, subsequently vaulted and enriched in the 16th century (furnishings and west gate). Painted timber-framed vault from the late 15th or early 16th century.
Nearby in the register
- Logis de la Maçonnièremanoirunder 1 mi
- Manoir de Guibernemanoir2 mi
- Église de Villedieu (ancienne)église2 mi
- Château de Coulenneschâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.