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Église Notre-Dame

Courdemanche, Sarthe, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. A 578) : inscription par arrêté du 4 février 2002
Protection dates
2002/02/04 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 16e siècle
Later work
18e siècle
Dates
1767
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Courdemanche
Département
Sarthe
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.81507, 0.56156
Mérimée reference
PA72000019

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Perchensis Comitatus : La Perche Comte" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise sans doute construite au 11e siècle. Profondément transformée au 16e siècle par l'adjonction d'un collatéral au nord, de deux chapelles latérales. Embellissement de l'église au 18e siècle. Construction de la tour du clocher en 1767-1769. Installation d'un retable en terre cuite en 1818. Création de vitraux dans l'abside après suppression du retable.

English translation

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Church undoubtedly built in the 11th century. Profoundly transformed in the 16th century by the addition of a collateral aisle to the north, of two lateral chapels. Embellishment of the church in the 18th century. Construction of the bell tower in 1767-1769. Installation of a terracotta altarpiece in 1818. Creation of stained glass in the apse after removal of the altarpiece.

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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