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Église Saint-Barthélémy

L'Aigle, Orne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise Saint-Barthélémy et ancien cimetière qui l'entoure (cad. E 1009) : inscription par arrêté du 11 juillet 1966
Protection dates
1966/07/11 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
L'Aigle
Département
Orne
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.76840, 0.63360
Mérimée reference
PA00110682

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église relevait de l'abbaye Saint-Lhomer de Blois. Elle remplace une église antérieure à l'époque romane, et marque la première implantation chrétienne de la ville. L'édifice actuel fut construit à la fin du 12e siècle et n'a pas connu d'adjonctions ni de modifications. Les murs sont construits en bloquage de silex, épaulés par des contreforts plats, en poudingue ou grison. L'église se termine par une abside semi-circulaire. La tour est construite en saillie sur le pignon ouest. A la base, elle offrait un porche ouvert qui comportait, sur les trois faces extérieures, une arcade en ogive.

English translation

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The church came under the authority of the abbey of Saint-Lhomer of Blois. It replaces an earlier church from the Romanesque period, and marks the first Christian settlement in the town. The present building was constructed at the end of the 12th century and has known no additions or modifications. The walls are constructed of rubble stone, supported by flat buttresses of puddingstone or grison. The church is terminated by a semi-circular apse. The tower is built projecting from the west gable. At the base, it offered an open porch which had, on three outer faces, a pointed arch arcade.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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