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Logis de Chavigny

Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine, Vendée, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Logis (cad. ZP 100, 127) : inscription par arrêté du 3 février 1999
Protection dates
1999/02/03 : inscrit MH
Type
grange monastique, manoir
Main period of construction
2e moitié 15e siècle
Later work
18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Sainte-Gemme-la-Plaine
Département
Vendée
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
46.46500, -1.08154
Mérimée reference
PA85000016

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ancienne grange de l'abbaye cistercienne de Moreilles, fondée à la fin du 11e siècle. Après la guerre de Cent Ans, construction du logis actuel pendant la seconde moitié du 15e siècle. Au 18e siècle, la grange est transformée en logis abbatial. Abbaye vendue comme bien national en 1791. L'édifice possède encore des éléments architecturaux du 15e siècle : escalier en vis, cheminées, charpente à la bordelaise, ...

English translation

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Former barn of the Cistercian abbey of Moreilles, founded at the end of the 11th century. After the Hundred Years War, construction of the present main dwelling during the second half of the 15th century. In the 18th century, the barn is transformed into an abbatial dwelling. Abbey sold as national property in 1791. The building still possesses architectural elements from the 15th century: spiral staircase, fireplaces, Bordeaux-style roof structure, ...

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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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