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Église de l'Assomption

Montcenis, Saône-et-Loire, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité, y compris les boiseries du choeur, le maître-autel et son retable (cad. AL 299) : inscription par arrêté du 12 mars 2003
Protection dates
2003/03/12 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 17e siècle
Later work
16e siècle
Dates
1680
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Montcenis
Département
Saône-et-Loire
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
46.78815, 4.38804
Mérimée reference
PA00113368

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1675 map "Comitatus Burgundiae, ou la Franche Comté / [Joannes Janssonius]" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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Eglise reconstruite de 1680 à 1709 en style gothique, hormis la chapelle des fonts baptismaux datant du 16e siècle. Plan en croix latine formé d'une nef de trois travées, d'un transept et d'un choeur de deux travées fermé par une abside polygonale. L'ensemble est couvert de voûtes sur croisées d'ogives, à liernes et tiercerons retombant sur des culots moulurés. La nef est précédée d'une travée supportant une tour de clocher-porche. Mobilier du 18e siècle.

English translation

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Church rebuilt from 1680 to 1709 in Gothic style, except for the chapel of the baptismal font dating from the 16th century. Plan in Latin cross formed of a nave of three bays, a transept and a choir of two bays closed by a polygonal apse. The whole is covered with rib vaults, with liernes and tiercerons resting on moulded corbels. The nave is preceded by a bay supporting a porch tower. Fittings of the 18th century.

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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