Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne commanderie de Prailles
Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay, Deux-Sèvres, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Les corps de bâtiments anciens (chapelle, aire conventuelle et logis) ; façade sur cour du petit bâtiment méridional (cad. AT 24) : inscription par arrêté du 29 décembre 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/12/29 : inscrit MH partiellement
- Type
- commanderie
- Main period of construction
- 12e siècle, 14e siècle, 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Commune
- Saint-Martin-de-Sanzay
- Département
- Deux-Sèvres
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.04217, -0.23547
- Mérimée reference
- PA79000009
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 LibrariesBayerische Staatsbibliothek, Munich
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1579 map "(28) Andegavensium." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Commanderie fondée au 12e siècle par les Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jerusalem (première mention vers 1160). La chapelle avec ses voûtes d'ogives et le bâtiment conventuel sont des vestiges des premières constructions (12e-14e siècles). Le logis évoque le souci résidentiel propre aux 15e-16e siècles.
English translation
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History
Commandery founded in the 12th century by the Hospitallers of Saint-Jean de Jerusalem (first mention around 1160). The chapel with its rib vaults and the conventional building are remains of the earliest constructions (12th-14th centuries). The main dwelling reflects the residential concern typical of the 15th-16th centuries.
Nearby in the register
- Ancien pont de Taizonpontunder 1 mi
- Château de la Rochechâteau2 mi
- Château de la Forêtchâteau3 mi
- Château de Sanzaychâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.