Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Notre-Dame
Ménil-sur-Saulx, Meuse, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 78) : inscription par arrêté du 26 juin 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/06/26 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle, 18e siècle
- Dates
- 1750
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- le Village
- Commune
- Ménil-sur-Saulx
- Département
- Meuse
- Region
- Grand Est
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.62711, 5.21602
- Mérimée reference
- PA55000009
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1600 map "59. Lotharingiae (Lorraine) Ducatus superioris vera delineatio." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'édifice, élevé au 12e siècle, a subi d'importantes modifications aux 15e et 16e siècles : agrandissement de la nef, voûtements sur croisées d'ogives, construction de deux chapelles et surélévation pour la défense (d'environ 2 mètres). Au 18e siècle, construction du mur occidental et du portail (daté 1750). Mobilier du 18e siècle dû à l'initiative du curé Gérard. Au 19e siècle, restauration des voûtes de la nef et ensemble des intérieurs badigeonné de blanc.
English translation
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History
The building, erected in the 12th century, underwent major modifications in the 15th and 16th centuries: enlargement of the nave, rib vaults, construction of two chapels and raising for defence (approximately 2 metres). In the 18th century, construction of the western wall and the portal (dated 1750). Furnishings from the 18th century due to the initiative of the curé Gérard. In the 19th century, restoration of the vaults of the nave and the interiors as a whole whitewashed.
Nearby in the register
- Ancienne abbaye de Jovilliersabbaye2 mi
- Domaine dit du Fourneauchâteau2 mi
- Château de Choiseulchâteau2 mi
- Église Saint-Mathieuéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.