Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Notre-Dame
Lonlay-l'Abbaye, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Notre-Dame : classement par arrêté du 5 novembre 1931
- Protection dates
- 1931/11/05 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Lonlay-l'Abbaye
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.64536, -0.70934
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110839
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "L'Evesche du Mans (northwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Les vestiges de l'ancienne église monastique, dont l'origine remonte au 11e siècle, reconstruite au 13e siècle, se résument au transept et au choeur à chapelles avec déambulatoire. Son portail est muni d'un narthex très rare dans la région.
English translation
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History
The vestiges of the former monastic church, whose origins date back to the 11th century, rebuilt in the 13th century, are reduced to the transept and the choir with chapels and ambulatory. Its portal is fitted with a narthex which is very rare in the region.
Nearby in the register
- Sarcophage creusé dans un rocher à la Thomassièretombeau1 mi
- Ancien manoir de la Chasleriemanoir2 mi
- Manoir de Lyvonnièresmanoir3 mi
- Manoir de la Bérardièremanoir3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.