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Église Saint-André

Montbolo, Pyrénées-Orientales, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 171) : inscription par arrêté du 29 mars 1993
Protection dates
1993/03/29 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Montbolo
Département
Pyrénées-Orientales
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
42.48484, 2.65491
Mérimée reference
PA00125502

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1662 map "Comitatus Ruscinonis, vulgo Rousillon, in quo Episcopatus Helenensis, Gallicè Evesché d'Elne ou de Perpignan / [Joan Blaeu]" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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Eglise construite au 12e siècle (consacrée en 1130) et fortifiée au 14e siècle par surélévation des murs gouttereaux munis de meurtrières. La mention la plus ancienne de la paroisse date de 993. La principale originalité de cet édifice réside dans son plan à absides jumelles couvertes en cul de four, logées dans un chevet rectangulaire. L'édifice est à nef unique couverte d'une voûte en berceau brisé. Il présente un plan oblong sans différenciation entre la nef et le choeur.

English translation

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Church built in the 12th century (consecrated in 1130) and fortified in the 14th century by raising the gutter walls equipped with loopholes. The earliest mention of the parish dates from 993. The principal originality of this building lies in its plan with twin apses covered in hemispherical vaults, housed in a rectangular chevet. The building has a single nave covered with a broken barrel vault. It presents an oblong plan without differentiation between the nave and the choir.

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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