Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Martin
Vitré, Ille-et-Vilaine, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église en totalité, y compris sa terrasse avec ses murs et ses escaliers (cad. AC 119) : inscription par arrêté du 3 mai 2013
- Protection dates
- 2013/05/03 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 19e siècle
- Architect or builder
- Mellet Jacques (architecte), Mellet Jules (architecte), Mellet Henri (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Vitré
- Département
- Ille-et-Vilaine
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.12366, -1.20637
- Mérimée reference
- PA35000053
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1768 map "97 Laval." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Cet édifice, en croix latine, bâti entre 1867 et 1913, est d'inspiration essentiellement romane. L'église s'inscrit dans le contexte des transformations sociales et des mutations urbaines de la commune dans la seconde moitié du 19ème siècle. Elle représente l'un des éléments clés de cette période, servant de point de repère et de lien entre la ville historique et les nouveaux quartiers. Sur un plan architectural, elle se distingue par la rationalité de sa construction, l'articulation de volumes bien identifiés et l'élégance des décors.
English translation
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History
This edifice, in Latin cross form, built between 1867 and 1913, is essentially Romanesque in inspiration. The church is situated within the context of social transformations and urban changes in the commune in the second half of the 19th century. It represents one of the key elements of this period, serving as a landmark and link between the historic town and the new districts. From an architectural standpoint, it is distinguished by the rationality of its construction, the articulation of well-defined volumes and the elegance of its decorative elements.
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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.