Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église
Loucé, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise, y compris les peintures murales (cad. A 37) : inscription par arrêté du 26 octobre 1990
- Protection dates
- 1990/10/26 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Loucé
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.70345, -0.10239
- Mérimée reference
- PA00110983
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 LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Les vestiges d'une église romane primitive (10e ou 11e siècle) sont conservés sur la façade nord. Reconstruction et agrandissement au 13e siècle. Aux 15e et 16e siècles, création d'une nef latérale supplémentaire à la suite de la tour et ouvrant sur la nef primitive. Aux 17e et 18e siècles, agrandissement de la plupart des fenêtres.
English translation
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History
Vestiges of a primitive Romanesque church (10th or 11th century) are preserved on the north façade. Rebuilding and enlargement in the 13th century. In the 15th and 16th centuries, creation of an additional side aisle following the tower and opening onto the primitive nave. In the 17th and 18th centuries, enlargement of most of the windows.
Nearby in the register
- Château d'Avoines ou Avoinechâteau1 mi
- Église Notre-Dameéglise1 mi
- Croix de carrefour dite Croix Servincroix de chemin2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.