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Église Saint-Pierre

Rougnac, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité, ainsi que sa crypte (cad. AB 15) : inscription par arrêté du 19 septembre 2001
Protection dates
2001/09/19 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 15e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Rougnac
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.53689, 0.35813
Mérimée reference
PA16000020

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1714 map "Bourdelois du Perigord." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice d'origine pré-romane (nef) comprenant un voûtement et une travée d'avant-choeur du 12e siècle. Extension vers l'ouest à la fin du Moyen-Age. Clocher construit sur le choeur, avec une voûte à quatre branches d'ogives et deux liernes chanfreinées, sans doute du 15e siècle, et restauré au 19e siècle. Une vaste crypte de plan rectangulaire, recouverte d'un berceau surbaissé et agrandie au 15e siècle, servait de lieu de sépulture aux seigneurs du Repaire.

English translation

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Edifice of pre-Romanesque origin (nave) comprising vaulting and a bay of ante-choir of 12th century. Extension towards the west at the end of the Middle Ages. Bell tower built on the choir, with a vault of four ribs and two chamfered liernes, probably of 15th century, and restored in 19th century. A vast crypt of rectangular plan, covered with a depressed barrel vault and enlarged in 15th century, served as burial place for the lords of Repaire.

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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