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Église

Burelles, Aisne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : classement par arrêté du 16 mai 1931
Protection dates
1931/05/16 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Dates
1874
Architect or builder
Benard (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
Eglise (rue de l')
Commune
Burelles
Département
Aisne
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.78218, 3.89594
Mérimée reference
PA00115568

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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Le choeur a été édifié au milieu du 16e siècle, à l'emplacement de l'ancienne église médiévale. La nef, le transept et le porche correspondent à la partie fortifiée, datant du 17e siècle. La sacristie est reconstruite en 1874 par l'architecte Benard, de style néo-Renaissance. Après la Première guerre mondiale, reprise des voûtes du donjon et d'une partie du clocher (1926). Il s'agit d'un édifice en croix latine renversée, avec choeur à chevet plat comportant une voûte à nervures multiples et une voûte d'ogives. Un escalier hors oeuvre, couvert d'une flèche conique, dessert le comble. Le clocher-porche, desservi par un escalier demi hors-oeuvre, s'élève sur trois niveaux dont les deux premiers sont voûtés d'ogives. L'étage de comble communique ave celui du transept. La sacristie est ornée, à l'extérieur, de motifs en brique vernissée (coeurs, porteurs de croix, losanges, entrelacs, calice).

English translation

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The choir was built in the middle of the 16th century, on the site of the old medieval church. The nave, the transept and the porch correspond to the fortified part, dating from the 17th century. The sacristy is rebuilt in 1874 by the architect Benard, in Neo-Renaissance style. After the First World War, restoration of the vaults of the keep and of part of the bell tower (1926). It is an edifice in inverted Latin cross, with choir with flat chevet comprising a vault with multiple ribs and a rib vault. An exterior staircase, covered with a conical spire, serves the roof space. The porch tower, served by a half-exterior staircase, rises over three levels of which the first two are vaulted with ribs. The roof-space storey communicates with that of the transept. The sacristy is decorated, on the exterior, with motifs in glazed brick (hearts, cross-bearers, lozenges, interlacing, chalice).

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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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