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Église Sainte-Madeleine

La Ventrouze, Orne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. A 179) : inscription par arrêté du 28 décembre 1981
Protection dates
1981/12/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
La Ventrouze
Département
Orne
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.61052, 0.69738
Mérimée reference
PA00110964

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Petit édifice rural de la fin du 15e siècle, avec une nef simple et un choeur un peu plus bas, se terminant par un chevet plat, auquel se greffe un transept saillant. La flèche du clocher se dresse au centre de la nef. Au 18e siècle, les baies du choeur ont été mise au goût du jour, ainsi que celle de la façade nord de la nef. L'intérieur est couvert par une charpente du 15e siècle présentant des traces de polychromie, avec entraits et poinçons.

English translation

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Small rural building from the end of the 15th century, with a simple nave and a choir slightly lower, ending in a flat chevet, to which a projecting transept is attached. The bell tower's spire rises at the centre of the nave. In the 18th century, the openings of the choir were updated to modern taste, as were those of the north façade of the nave. The interior is covered by a 15th-century roof structure showing traces of polychromy, with tie beams and principal rafters.

Nearby in the register

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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