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Église de Saint-Hilaire

Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire, Charente, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité, ainsi que le sol des parcelles pouvant receler des vestiges archéologiques (cad. 327 A 27, 28) : inscription par arrêté du 30 avril 2013
Protection dates
2013/04/30 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 12e siècle, 14e siècle, 15e siècle, 17e siècle
Later work
19e siècle, 20e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire
Département
Charente
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.45995, -0.17247
Mérimée reference
PA16000053

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1783 map "103 Blaye." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Attestée dès le 11ème siècle, l'église fut reconstruite au 12ème siècle puis remaniée au cours des 14ème, 15ème et 17ème siècles. De plan allongé, elle est principalement bâtie en moellon enduit. La nef unique, très simple, est couverte d'un plafond en plâtre depuis le 19ème siècle. L'édifice renferme des éléments sculptés ou peints des époques romane, gothique et classique. Cependant, l'intérêt archéologique de ce bâtiment cultuel réside dans la présence de murs du premier âge roman ainsi que dans le plan, rare en France, de son choeur, à gros contreforts cylindriques.

English translation

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Attested as early as the 11th century, the church was rebuilt in the 12th century and then altered during the 14th, 15th and 17th centuries. Of elongated plan, it is principally built of rubble stone with render. The single, very simple nave is covered with a plaster ceiling since the 19th century. The building contains sculpted and painted elements from the Romanesque, Gothic and Classical periods. However, the archaeological interest of this religious building resides in the presence of walls of the First Romanesque period as well as in the plan, rare in France, of its choir, with large cylindrical buttresses.

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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