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Église paroissiale Saint-Sixte

La Chapelle-Rainsouin, Mayenne, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. C 464) : inscription par arrêté du 7 novembre 2005
Protection dates
2005/11/07 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 4e quart 15e siècle, 1er quart 16e siècle
Later work
4e quart 19e siècle
Architect or builder
Garnier Louis (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
La Chapelle-Rainsouin
Département
Mayenne
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
48.09841, -0.51964
Mérimée reference
PA53000021

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "L'Evesche du Mans (southwest sheet)." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise à l'origine romane, agrandie entre 1480 et 1525. La restauration menée à la fin du 19e siècle par l'architecte Louis Garnier a conservé le décor sculpté du 16e siècle.

English translation

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Church originally Romanesque, enlarged between 1480 and 1525. The restoration carried out at the end of the 19th century by the architect Louis Garnier preserved the sculptured décor of the 16th century.

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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