Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries
Ecorches, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Saturnin-des-Ligneries : inscription par arrêté du 29 novembre 1948
- Protection dates
- 1948/11/29 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Ecorches
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.87655, 0.11124
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110797
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Du 12e siècle, date de fondation de l'église, il ne subsiste rien. La partie la plus ancienne est la fenêtre du chevet (13e siècle). Réparations importantes au 15e et 16e siècle. Edifice de plan rectangulaire. Un petit bâtiment en colombage, servant de sacristie, est accolé au nord. Le clocher de forme pyramidale, est posé sur une base carrée. Le baptistère est un bloc de calcaire de forme octogonale, décoré de nervures ogivales du 15e siècle.
English translation
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History
From the 12th century, date of the founding of the church, nothing remains. The oldest part is the window of the chevet (13th century). Important repairs in the 15th and 16th centuries. Building of rectangular plan. A small building in timber framing, serving as sacristy, is attached to the north. The bell tower of pyramidal form is placed on a square base. The baptistry is a block of limestone of octagonal form, decorated with ogival ribs of the 15th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.