Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Médard
Parfondeval, Aisne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 195, 196) : classement par arrêté du 3 février 1995
- Protection dates
- 1995/02/03 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle, 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Parfondeval
- Département
- Aisne
- Region
- Hauts-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 49.00000, 4.00000
- Mérimée reference
- PA00115863
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1758 map "80 Chalons-en-Champagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise en brique composée de trois parties distinctes : le donjon de plan carré, encadré à l'ouest de deux tours rondes, la nef, dont la façade occidentale est ornée d'un étonnant portail de pierre blanche, de style Renaissance et finement sculpté, et, dans l'axe du donjon, le choeur à chevet plat, autrefois flanqué de deux tours rondes. Le donjon et la tourelle sont divisés en trois niveaux. Avec son enceinte aujourd'hui disparue, son donjon et ses tours à chaque angles, l'église de Parfondeval reflète bien l'intention d'ériger une forteresse qui, dès l'origine, était destinée à protéger la population.
Description
Façade occidentale ornée d'un portail de pierre blanche de style Renaissance. Donjon de plan carré encadré de deux tours rondes. Nef à pans de bois.
English translation
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History
Church in brick composed of three distinct parts: the square-plan keep, framed to the west by two round towers, the nave, whose west façade is decorated with a striking white stone portal, of Renaissance style and finely sculpted, and, in the axis of the keep, the choir with flat chevet, formerly flanked by two round towers. The keep and the turret are divided into three levels. With its enclosure now disappeared, its keep and its towers at each corner, the church of Parfondeval reflects well the intention of erecting a fortress which, from the outset, was intended to protect the population.
Description
West façade decorated with a white stone portal of Renaissance style. Keep of square plan framed by two round towers. Nave with timber framing.
Nearby in the register
- Préfecturepréfectureunder 1 mi
- Égliseégliseunder 1 mi
- Oppidumsite archéologiqueunder 1 mi
- Grotte néolithique, dite "Saran IV"grotteunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.