Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église
Briennon, Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Clocher, choeur (cad. A 923) : inscription par arrêté du 6 septembre 1978
- Protection dates
- 1978/09/06 : inscrit MH partiellement
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Briennon
- Département
- Loire
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.14816, 4.08787
- Mérimée reference
- PA00117431
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 1637 map "The Province and citie of Lions. Lyonnois forest et Beaujolois" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise placée sous le vocable de Saint-Irénée, construite au XIème siècle et agrandie au XIIIème siècle. Durant le XIème siècle l’église est transformée en monastère par les moines bénédictins de l’ordre clunisien. La nef trop étroite est agrandie au XIXème siècle avec l’ajout de deux collatéraux. En 1997 toute une série de travaux a lieu pour remettre en état charpente, menuiserie, maçonnerie, toiture.
English translation
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History
Church placed under the dedication of Saint-Irénée, built in the 11th century and enlarged in the 13th century. During the 11th century the church was transformed into a monastery by the Benedictine monks of the Cluniac order. The nave too narrow was enlarged in the 19th century with the addition of two aisles. In 1997 a series of works took place to restore the roof structure, joinery, masonry, and roofing.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.