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Église Saint-Méard

Saint-Méard-de-Drône, Dordogne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. AA 40) : inscription par arrêté du 2 novembre 2000
Protection dates
2000/11/02 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 19e siècle
Later work
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Méard-de-Drône
Département
Dordogne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
45.24900, 0.42304
Mérimée reference
PA24000027

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1711 map "Le Gouvernement General De Guinne et Gascogne ...." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

A la fin du 19e siècle, l'église subit une restauration qui lui ôte la plus grande part de son apparence romane. Elle abrite probablement un ensemble de peintures à la détrempe datées du 15e siècle, caché par l'enduit de plâtre du 19e. La totalité des murs et des voûtes était peinte.

English translation

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At the end of the 19th century, the church undergoes a restoration which removes the greater part of its Romanesque appearance. It probably houses an ensemble of tempera paintings dated to the 15th century, hidden by the 19th-century plaster render. The entirety of the walls and vaults was painted.

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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