Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Notre-Dame
Carentan, Manche, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : classement par liste de 1862
- Protection dates
- 1862 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle
- Later work
- 1er quart 16e siècle, 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1517
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Carentan
- Département
- Manche
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.30558, -1.24312
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110352
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1760 map "94 Bayeux, Caen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Edifice mentionné dès le 12e siècle, conservant pour la période romane le portail occidental, les piles cruciformes de la croisée du transept et les piles de la nef. Au 15e siècle, la reconstruction de l'église est décidée sous la domination anglaise. Le choeur est refait, les piles de la nef arasées à trois mètres du sol pour les couronnés de chapiteaux à tailloirs. Le choeur est représentatif du style flamboyant. En 1517 a été ajoutée la chapelle d'axe. Au 19e siècle ont été ajoutées une sacristie au nord et une pièce faisant pendant au caveau. Il subsiste un ensemble de sculpture monumentale (anges musiciens) refait au cours du temps, et en particulier après la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
English translation
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History
Building mentioned from the 12th century onwards, preserving from the Romanesque period the western portal, the cruciform piers of the transept crossing and the piers of the nave. In the 15th century, the reconstruction of the church was decided under English rule. The choir was remade, the nave piers cut down to three metres from the ground to be crowned with abaci capitals. The choir is representative of the Flamboyant style. In 1517 the axial chapel was added. In the 19th century a sacristy was added to the north and a room matching the vault chamber. A complex of monumental sculpture (musical angels) remains, remade over time, and particularly after the Second World War.
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