Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Pierre
Brillac, Charente, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise en totalité (cad. G 952) : inscription par arrêté du 21 mai 2001
- Protection dates
- 2001/05/21 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- Moyen Age
- Later work
- 19e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Brillac
- Département
- Charente
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 46.06050, 0.77752
- Mérimée reference
- PA16000015
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "68 Charroux." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Edifice gothique du 13e siècle. L'église se distingue par son portail sur l'élévation nord, et par la présence du clocher sur la troisième travée de la nef. Le clocher est couvert d'ardoises là où les archives du 19e siècle indiquent des bardeaux.
English translation
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History
Gothic building of the 13th century. The church is distinguished by its portal on the north elevation, and by the presence of the bell tower on the third bay of the nave. The bell tower is covered with slate where 19th-century archives indicate shingles.