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Église Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais

Jonzac, Charente-Maritime, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise en totalité (cad. F 266) : inscription par arrêté du 2 juillet 2001
Protection dates
2001/07/02 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 12e siècle, 15e siècle
Later work
2e quart 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Jonzac
Département
Charente-Maritime
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.44488, -0.43666
Mérimée reference
PA17000039

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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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Edifice construit vers la fin du 12e siècle dont il subsiste la façade ouest et la dernière travée de choeur. Au 15e ou 16e siècle, la surface de l'église est doublée par l'adjonction d'un collatéral de part et d'autre de la nef. Dévasté au cours des guerres de Religion, l'édifice perd l'ensemble de ses voûtes. De 1847 à 1851, une importante campagne restructure l'église (reconstruction du mur nord, création d'un clocher carré au-dessus de la façade romane, percement de fenêtres plein-cintre, réaménagement intérieur dans le style néo-roman).

English translation

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Building constructed towards the end of the 12th century of which the west façade and the last bay of the chevet remain. In the 15th or 16th century, the surface of the church is doubled by the addition of an aisle on each side of the nave. Devastated during the Wars of Religion, the building loses all its vaults. From 1847 to 1851, a major campaign restructures the church (reconstruction of the north wall, creation of a square bell tower above the Romanesque façade, opening of round-arch windows, interior remodelling in neo-Romanesque style).

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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