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Église

Bréel, Orne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Chapelle du 16e siècle : inscription par arrêté du 19 juillet 1926
Protection dates
1926/07/19 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Bréel
Département
Orne
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.81324, -0.39189
Mérimée reference
PA00110754

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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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église moderne conserve une chapelle de la fin du 15e siècle, destinée à la sépulture de la famille des Corday. A l'intérieur, des nervures courrent le long de la voûte. Les ornements se composent de pendentifs, de culs de lampe, de statues de saints soutenues par des consoles ornées.

English translation

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The modern church preserves a chapel of the end of the 15th century, intended for the burial of the Corday family. On the interior, ribs run along the vault. The ornaments consist of pendentives, corbel heads, statues of saints supported by ornamented consoles.

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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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