Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église
Chambois, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise : classement par journal officiel du 18 avril 1914
- Protection dates
- 1914/04/18 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Chambois
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.80466, 0.10554
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110765
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 — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "62 Argentan, Falaise." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église se termine par une abside carrée. Le clocher est situé entre le choeur et la nef, et est surmonté d'une flèche percée de quatre fenêtres. A l'exception de la cathédrale de Sées, il n'existe par de flèche en pierre antérieure au 15e siècle dans le département de l'Orne.
English translation
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History
The church terminates in a square chevet. The bell tower is located between the choir and the nave, and is surmounted by a spire pierced with four windows. With the exception of Sées cathedral, there is no stone spire prior to the 15th century in the department of Orne.
Nearby in the register
- château fortunder 1 mi
- Vieux châteauchâteau1 mi
- Égliseéglise2 mi
- Église de Fougyéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.