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Église paroissiale Sainte-Radegonde

La Bruffière, Vendée, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. AC 191) : inscription par arrêté du 13 septembre 2007
Protection dates
2007/09/13 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
4e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1886
Architect or builder
Ménard (architecte)
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
La Bruffière
Département
Vendée
Region
Pays de la Loire
Country
France
Coordinates
47.01365, -1.19723
Mérimée reference
PA85000027

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1824 map "A Map of the Vendee, South of the Loire and North of Brittany North of that River." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Eglise reconstruite à neuf en 1886 par l'architecte Ménard, sur un parti d'inspiration italianisante et byzantine très riche, avec nef voûtée par des coupoles sur pendentifs surbaissées, collatéraux, transept et choeur à abside. L'édifice conserve une riche décoration peinte, mosaïquée, et l'ensemble de son mobilier.

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Church rebuilt from scratch in 1886 by architect Ménard, on a design of very rich Italianate and Byzantine inspiration, with nave vaulted by domes on flattened pendentives, aisles, transept and choir with apse. The building preserves rich painted decoration, mosaics, and all of its original furnishings.

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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