Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancien prieuré
Auzay, Vendée, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. AC 20) , y compris la chapelle priorale sur le flanc nord du choeur, ainsi que la cave voûtée (cad. AC 19) : inscription par arrêté du 30 novembre 1994
- Protection dates
- 1994/11/30 : inscrit MH partiellement
- Type
- prieuré
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle, 15e siècle
- Later work
- 11e siècle, 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune, propriété privée
- Commune
- Auzay
- Département
- Vendée
- Region
- Pays de la Loire
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.44341, -0.86094
- Mérimée reference
- PA00132775
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1621 map "Carte du Pais d'Aunis Ville et Gouvernement de la Rochelle." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise sans doute bâtie au 11e siècle ; parties orientales des 14e et 15e siècles (notamment la chapelle) ; nef voûtée au 19e siècle. Caves souterraines du 14e siècle.
English translation
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History
Church probably built in the 11th century; eastern parts of the 14th and 15th centuries (notably the chapel); nave vaulted in the 19th century. Underground caves of the 14th century.
Nearby in the register
- Domaine de la Forêt-Nesdeaudemeure2 mi
- Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Coussais (ancienne)chapelle2 mi
- Égliseéglise2 mi
- Château de Terre-Neuvechâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.