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Église

Wimy, Aisne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 595) : inscription par arrêté du 14 juin 1989
Protection dates
1989/06/14 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Later work
3e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1867
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Wimy
Département
Aisne
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.93411, 3.99945
Mérimée reference
PA00115995

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1712 map "22. Carte particuliere des environs d'Avesnes, Landrecy, la Capelle, Guise, &c. 1712." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Nef construite en petits moellons irréguliers. Encadrement des baies en briques. Donjon en briques encadré de deux tours en façade. Portail plaqué sur la façade en 1867. On trouve des cheminées dans la partie basse et dans la salle haute du donjon. Celui-ci est percé de nombreuses meurtrières ainsi que les tours. Malgré les restaurations et mutilations dont elle a fait l'objet, l'église de Wimy reste une des plus représentatives des églises fortifiées de thiérache. L'église médiévale reste lisible. Le donjon avec ses cheminées, sa salle forte et ses nombreuses meurtrières est un des plus remarquables de Thiérache.

English translation

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Nave constructed in small irregular rubble stone. Framing of the openings in brick. Keep in brick framed by two towers on the façade. Doorway applied to the façade in 1867. Fireplaces are found in the lower part and in the upper room of the keep. The latter is pierced with numerous loopholes as are the towers. Despite the restorations and mutilations to which it has been subjected, the church of Wimy remains one of the most representative of the fortified churches of Thiérache. The medieval church remains legible. The keep with its fireplaces, its strong room and its numerous loopholes is one of the most remarkable in Thiérache.

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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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