Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne commanderie de templiers de Coudrie
Challans, Vendée, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
- Protection
- classé MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle, avec sa parcelle (cad. C 161) : classement par arrêté du 30 janvier 1995
- Protection dates
- 1995/01/30 : classé MH
- Type
- commanderie
- Main period of construction
- 1ère moitié 12e siècle
- Later work
- 4e quart 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Challans
- Département
- Vendée
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.85447, -1.79189
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110312
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La plus ancienne commanderie de Templiers en Poitou (fondée en 1130). Passe ensuite aux Hospitaliers, puis aux ordres de Rhodes et Malte. Eglise du 12e siècle, légèrement remaniée au 15e siècle ; traces de décor peint du 16e siècle.
Description
Eglise caractéristique des constructions du Temple : rectangulaire, avec d'épais contreforts et un chevet plat.
English translation
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History
The oldest Templar commandery in Poitou (founded in 1130). Subsequently passed to the Hospitallers, then to the orders of Rhodes and Malta. Church of the 12th century, slightly altered in the 15th century; traces of painted decoration from the 16th century.
Description
Church characteristic of Temple buildings: rectangular, with thick buttresses and a flat chevet.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.