Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Marien
Fontenoy, Yonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. C 52) : classement par arrêté du 4 juin 1993
- Protection dates
- 1993/06/04 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Fontenoy
- Département
- Yonne
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.64919, 3.30781
- Mérimée reference
- PA00113975
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Composite Map: La Generalite de Paris." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise édifiée à la fin du 15e siècle, représentative des églises poyaudines. De plan barlong, elle se termine par un chevet polygonal et possède une grande unité architecturale. La façade, à pignon unique, a conservé sa statuaire. Le choeur est occupé par un grand retable du 17e siècle en pierre peinte (décor en trompe-l'oeil) , avec un décor en bois. Quelques vestiges de vitraux du 16e siècle.
English translation
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History
Church built at the end of the 15th century, representative of Poitevin churches. Of barlong plan, it ends in a polygonal chevet and possesses great architectural unity. The facade, with a single gable, has retained its statuary. The choir is occupied by a large 17th-century retable in painted stone (trompe-l'oeil decoration), with wooden decoration. Some remains of 16th-century stained glass.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Lalandechâteau2 mi
- Église Saint-Jacques et Saint-Marceléglise2 mi
- Église Saint-Prixéglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.