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Église

Tourouvre, Orne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AB 48) : inscription par arrêté du 31 mai 1991
Protection dates
1991/05/31 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
2e moitié 15e siècle, 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Tourouvre
Département
Orne
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.59065, 0.65193
Mérimée reference
PA00110991

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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

De l'église romane subsiste le mur gouttereau sud. Le reste de l'édifice a été reconstruit aux 15e, 16e et 17e siècles. C'est un édifice avec nef lambrissée et bas-côté unique au nord, voûtes d'ogives. Les charpentes de la nef témoignent d'un repentir : la nef principale était à l'origine couverte isolément. Présence de vitraux de 1893 évoquant l'émigration des habitants au Canada au 17e siècle. Deux vitraux du 16e siècle subsistent.

English translation

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From the Romanesque church remains the south gutter wall. The rest of the building was rebuilt in the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries. It is a building with wainscoted nave and single aisle to the north, rib vaults. The roof structures of the nave testify to a change of mind: the main nave was originally covered separately. Presence of stained glass from 1893 evoking the emigration of the inhabitants to Canada in the 17th century. Two stained glass windows from the 16th century remain.

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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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