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Église Saint-Agnan

Grivesnes, Somme, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité, y compris la cour clôturée devant l'entrée (cad. AB 20) : classement par arrêté du 29 mars 2005
Protection dates
2005/03/29 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
19e siècle, 1er quart 20e siècle
Dates
1867, 1922
Architect or builder
Delefortrie (architecte), Duthoit Louis (architecte)
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Grivesnes
Département
Somme
Region
Hauts-de-France
Country
France
Coordinates
49.69019, 2.46972
Mérimée reference
PA80000040

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1757 map "3 Amiens." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La construction de cette église, en briques et pierre, remonte aux années 1840. La décoration intérieure est due aux frères Duthoit (une partie des objets mobiliers la composant est classée). Le clocher a été construit entre 1867 et 1875 sur les plans, dit-on, de Viollet-le-Duc. Il fut décapité lors du bombardement de l'église en 1918 qui provoqua aussi l'effondrement de la monumentale coupole qui confère à l'édifice toute son originalité. Des travaux de reconstruction, employant le béton, sont entrepris à partir de 1922 et dirigés par l'architecte Louis Duthoit.

English translation

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The construction of this church, in bricks and stone, dates back to the 1840s. The interior decoration is due to the Duthoit brothers (part of the moveable objects composing it is classified). The bell tower was built between 1867 and 1875 on the plans, it is said, of Viollet-le-Duc. It was decapitated during the bombardment of the church in 1918 which also caused the collapse of the monumental dome which gives the building all its originality. Reconstruction work, employing concrete, was undertaken from 1922 onwards and directed by the architect Louis Duthoit.

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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