Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Notre-Dame
Alban, Tarn, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église en totalité (cad. AK 156) : inscription par arrêté du 30 avril 2001
- Protection dates
- 2001/04/30 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 19e siècle, 1ère moitié 20e siècle
- Dates
- 1938
- Architect or builder
- Schmeltz Bruno (architecte), Greschny Nicolas (peintre), Balmet Père et fils (peintre-verrier), Clerq-Roques Raymond (peintre-verrier)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- place de l'Eglise
- Commune
- Alban
- Département
- Tarn
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.88778, 2.46226
- Mérimée reference
- PA81000012
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1752 map "Languedoc." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'église du 19e siècle est restaurée de 1938 à 1972 par Bruno Schmeltz. Le peintre Nicolas Greschny réalise des fresques qui couvrent l'intérieur de l'église en prenant les paroissiens pour modèles. Les vitraux et dalles de verre sont signés par Balmet père et fils et Clerq-Roques. La grande claustra est due à Bruno Schmeltz et illustre "l'assaut de la lumière vers la croix du Christ"
English translation
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History
The 19th-century church is restored from 1938 to 1972 by Bruno Schmeltz. The painter Nicolas Greschny created frescoes covering the interior of the church using parishioners as models. The stained glass windows and glass panels are signed by Balmet father and son and Clerq-Roques. The large claustra is due to Bruno Schmeltz and illustrates "the assault of light towards the cross of Christ"
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.