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Chapelle de Torp

Villers-Canivet, Calvados, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
La chapelle (cad. AC 84) , ainsi que le sol de la parcelle AC 83 : inscription par arrêté du 17 juin 2003
Protection dates
2003/06/17 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
limite 12e siècle 13e siècle
Later work
2e moitié 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
le Village de Torp
Commune
Villers-Canivet
Département
Calvados
Region
Normandie
Country
France
Coordinates
48.94787, -0.24512
Mérimée reference
PA14000029

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1759 map "62 Argentan, Falaise." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La famille de Torp est citée au 11e siècle comme bienfaiteurs de l'abbaye de Saint-Evroult. Au 16e siècle, la famille de Morell possède la seigneurie de Torp. La chapelle de Torp était l'ancienne église paroissiale de la commune de Torp, rattachée depuis le 19e siècle à la commune de Villers-Canivet. Elle était placée sous l'invocation de la Vierge, selon l'historien local Galeron. En 1828, la paroisse était déjà réunie à celle de Villers-Canivet.

English translation

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The family of Torp is cited in the 11th century as benefactors of the abbey of Saint-Evroult. In the 16th century, the family of Morell owns the lordship of Torp. The chapel of Torp was the former parish church of the commune of Torp, attached since the 19th century to the commune of Villers-Canivet. It was placed under the invocation of the Virgin, according to local historian Galeron. In 1828, the parish was already united with that of Villers-Canivet.

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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