Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Siméon
Saint-Siméon, Seine-et-Marne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. C 50) : inscription par arrêté du 18 novembre 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/11/18 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 19e siècle
- Dates
- 1868
- Architect or builder
- NOTTE (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- place de l'Eglise
- Commune
- Saint-Siméon
- Département
- Seine-et-Marne
- Region
- Île-de-France
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.79839, 3.20408
- Mérimée reference
- PA77000010
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IGN France — GéoportailIGN 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 1821 map "Etat-Major Paris 1:10,000 (c. 1821)" (IGN France — Géoportail).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Après la destruction de l'ancienne église, la construction d'un nouvel édifice est confiée à l'architecte Notté et commence en 1868. Eglise inaugurée le 7 novembre 1869 en présence de l'évêque de Meaux. L'abbé Emal, curé de la paroisse de 1870 à 1899, peint entièrement l'intérieur de l'église dans le style néo-gothique (comme l'architecture). Les grands thèmes sont les Saints, les Rois et les Symboles qui ont contribué à l'identité chrétienne de la France.
English translation
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History
Following the destruction of the old church, the construction of a new building was entrusted to architect Notté and begun in 1868. Church inaugurated on 7 November 1869 in the presence of the Bishop of Meaux. Abbé Emal, parish priest from 1870 to 1899, painted the entire interior of the church in neo-gothic style (as the architecture). The great themes are the Saints, the Kings and the Symbols which contributed to the Christian identity of France.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.