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Église

Préaux-Saint-Sébastien, Calvados, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église, y compris la sacristie, en totalité (cad. A 221) : inscription par arrêté du 19 septembre 2012
Protection dates
2012/09/19 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 16e siècle, 17e siècle
Dates
1599
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
Eglise (place de l')
Lieu-dit
Le Bourg
Commune
Préaux-Saint-Sébastien
Département
Calvados
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.98652, 0.30733
Mérimée reference
PA00111627

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "62 Argentan, Falaise." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette église, très représentative des édifices ruraux cultuels de la région, se compose d'une nef unique qui s'achève par un chevet en hémicycle. Elle est également flanquée d'une tour-clocher comportant deux épis de faîtage. Nef et clocher datent du 16e siècle. Une sacristie fut ajoutée, au nord, au 17e siècle. Les aménagements intérieurs ont été réalisés aux 17e et 18e siècles et comprend de nombreux objets mobiliers de grand intérêt.

English translation

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This church, very representative of the rural religious buildings of the region, consists of a single nave which ends in a semicircular chevet. It is also flanked by a porch tower comprising two roof ridges. Nave and bell tower date from the 16th century. A sacristy was added to the north in the 17th century. The interior fittings were made in the 17th and 18th centuries and include numerous pieces of moveable property of great interest.

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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