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Église

Archon, Aisne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Deux tours de défense de la façade occidentale : inscription par arrêté du 3 juin 1932
Protection dates
1932/06/03 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 16e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Dates
1824, 1828
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Archon
Département
Aisne
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.73920, 4.11746
Mérimée reference
PA00115503

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1616 map "Carte du Pais de Champaigne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Edifice en brique construit à la fin du 16e siècle. Les tours orientales ont été détruites. Les matériaux ont servi à construire un puissant contrefort élevé au nord en 1824. En 1828, d'importants travaux de restauration et construction des contreforts d'angle sont intervenus. On ne trouve pas de donjon mais deux tours de défense à la façade occidentale, assurant une surveillance par le haut et par les côtés. Le décor intérieur a entièrement été refait au 19e siècle. Les parements intérieurs sont recouverts d'enduit imitant l'appareil de pierre.

English translation

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Brick building constructed at the end of the 16th century. The eastern towers were destroyed. The materials were used to construct a powerful buttress erected to the north in 1824. In 1828, significant restoration work and construction of corner buttresses took place. There is no keep but two towers of defence at the western façade, ensuring surveillance from above and from the sides. The interior decoration was entirely redone in the 19th century. The interior facings are covered with render imitating dressed stone.

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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