Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église de Fougy
Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise de Fougy (cad. B 258) : inscription par arrêté du 15 juillet 1971
- Protection dates
- 1971/07/15 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Le Bourg-Saint-Léonard
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.77651, 0.10246
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110753
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 — GéoportailBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise du 12e siècle composée d'une nef rectangulaire précédée d'une tour dont la partie haute sert de clocher et la partie basse de porche. A l'intérieur, une fresque décore la voûte. Des pots de grès ont été retrouvés à l'intérieur des murs, servant à renforcer l'accoustique.
English translation
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History
12th-century church composed of a rectangular nave preceded by a tower of which the upper part serves as a bell tower and the lower part as a porch. Interior, a fresco decorates the vault. Stoneware pots were found inside the walls, serving to reinforce the acoustics.
Nearby in the register
- Châteauchâteauunder 1 mi
- Égliseéglise2 mi
- château fort2 mi
- Vieux châteauchâteau2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.