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Église Sainte-Madeleine

Frontenay, Jura, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. ZI 33) : inscription par arrêté du 3 novembre 2014
Protection dates
2014/11/03 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle, 4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1883
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
chemin de l'Eglise
Commune
Frontenay
Département
Jura
Region
Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Country
France
Coordinates
46.78585, 5.61789
Mérimée reference
PA39000121

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "La Franche Comte (southern sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le clocher, qui semble dater du 15ème siècle, paraît être la partie la plus ancienne de cette église. Le choeur de deux travées et abside polygonale, entre deux chapelles au nord et au sud, a vraisemblablement été élevé plus tard, vers la fin du 15ème siècle ou le début du 16ème siècle. Une troisième chapelle, au nord-est du choeur, est postérieure à 1566. La nef, à l’origine plafonnée sous un toit en laves, paraît plus tardive, peut-être du début du 17ème siècle. Elle recevra une voûte en bois en 1883.

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The bell tower, which appears to date from the 15th century, seems to be the oldest part of this church. The chancel of two bays and polygonal apse, between two chapels to the north and south, was presumably built later, towards the end of the 15th century or the beginning of the 16th century. A third chapel, to the north-east of the chancel, is later than 1566. The nave, originally ceiled under a roof of slates, appears more late, perhaps from the beginning of the 17th century. It will receive a wooden vault in 1883.

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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