Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne église Saint-Nicolas
Caen, Calvados, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Nicolas (ancienne) : classement par arrêté du 20 août 1913
- Protection dates
- 1913/08/20 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 11e siècle, 12e siècle, 13e siècle, 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Caen
- Département
- Calvados
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.18384, -0.37498
- Mérimée reference
- PA00111137
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1760 map "94 Bayeux, Caen." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Première mention de l'église en 1083. Edifice de style roman. En 1792, la paroisse est supprimée et l'église abrite alors une fabrique de balles en plomb, ainsi qu'une écurie puis un dépôt de fourrage jusqu'en 1931.
English translation
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History
First mention of the church in 1083. Building in Romanesque style. In 1792, the parish was suppressed and the church then housed a lead-shot factory, as well as a stable and then a forage depot until 1931.
Nearby in the register
- Pavillon de Beuvrelumaisonunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
- Immeubleimmeubleunder 1 mi
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.