Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église du Douet-Arthus
Heugon, Orne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise, y compris son décor peint (cad. H 103) : inscription par arrêté du 17 février 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/02/17 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 15e siècle
- Later work
- 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- le Douet-Arthus
- Commune
- Heugon
- Département
- Orne
- Region
- Normandie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.86262, 0.37041
- Mérimée reference
- PA61000005
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 1759 map "62 Argentan, Falaise." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise du 12e siècle (restent deux fenêtres de l'époque romane) , remaniée au 15e siècle (fenêtres à arc en accolades, plafond sur charpente et peintures murales) , qui présente un plan simple (nef unique) , avec une structure en charpente. Les peintures murales du milieu du 15e siècle représentent une danse macabre et une crucifixion. Le porche à pans de bois a été ajouté au 18e siècle.
English translation
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History
Church of the 12th century (two windows of the Romanesque period remain), remodelled in the 15th century (windows with pointed arches, ceiling on timber framework and wall paintings), which presents a simple plan (single nave), with a timber frame structure. The wall paintings of the mid-15th century represent a danse macabre and a crucifixion. The timber-framed porch was added in the 18th century.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.