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Église Notre-Dame de Porporières

Mérindol-les-Oliviers, Drôme, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. C 293) : inscription par arrêté du 5 décembre 2000
Protection dates
2000/12/05 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
Notre-Dame
Commune
Mérindol-les-Oliviers
Département
Drôme
Region
Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Country
France
Coordinates
44.27210, 5.15725
Mérimée reference
PA26000008

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Les Estats de Savoye et de Piemont (southwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Selon des mentions de 1120 et 1170, l'église aurait appartenu à l'abbaye de Tournus. Au 14e siècle, l'église est endommagée par des bandes de routiers, puis lors des guerres de Religion et à la Révolution. Abandonnée, elle est sauvée en 1867 par le curé du village qui y transfert le culte. De dimensions modestes, elle comporte une nef flanquée d'un transept bas, un clocher au nord, un chevet plat, une sacristie au sud-est. Le clocher est en grande partie reconstruit en 1875.

English translation

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According to mentions of 1120 and 1170, the church would have belonged to the abbey of Tournus. In the 14th century, the church is damaged by bands of brigands, then during the Wars of Religion and at the Revolution. Abandoned, it is saved in 1867 by the village priest who transfers worship there. Of modest dimensions, it comprises a nave flanked by a low transept, a bell tower to the north, a flat chevet, a sacristy to the south-east. The bell tower is largely rebuilt in 1875.

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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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