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Église Saint-Martial

Saint-Martial-de-Vitaterne, Charente-Maritime, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. A 279) : inscription par arrêté du 5 décembre 2000
Protection dates
2000/12/05 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle
Later work
18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Martial-de-Vitaterne
Département
Charente-Maritime
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.46137, -0.43172
Mérimée reference
PA17000034

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1675 map "La Riviere de la Garomne et la Dordogne et le pays aux environs de Bordeaux" (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Dépendant du prieuré de l'abbaye Saint-Martial de Limoges, l'église garde de la première période de l'art roman l'essentiel de ses caractéristiques malgré les altérations dues aux incendies du milieu du 14e siècle puis vers 1582 pendant les guerres de Religion. Ajout des contreforts à la période gothique. Travaux réalisés au 18e siècle. La clôture du choeur (balustrade en pierre) est contemporaine.

English translation

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Depending on the priory of the Abbey of Saint-Martial of Limoges, the church retains from the first period of Romanesque art the essential of its characteristics despite alterations due to fires in the mid-14th century then around 1582 during the Wars of Religion. Addition of buttresses in the Gothic period. Work carried out in the 18th century. The closure of the choir (stone balustrade) is contemporary.

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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