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Chapelle du Sacré-Coeur

Poitiers, Vienne, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle, y compris la tribune et les stalles (cad. CI 163) : inscription par arrêté du 7 octobre 1997
Protection dates
1997/10/07 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 19e siècle
Dates
1818
Architect or builder
COUTEAULT (architecte)
Ownership
propriété d'une association
Address
9 rue des Feuillants
Commune
Poitiers
Département
Vienne
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
46.58528, 0.34846
Mérimée reference
PA86000006

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1770 map "67 Poitiers." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Chapelle construite par l'architecte Couteault de 1818 à 1829 dans un style néo-classique fortement teinté d'italianisme. La chaire est installée en 1845, le maître-autel en 1850 et les vitraux en 1860. Les bâtiments conventuels datent du 17e siècle (fondation du prieuré des Feuillants par Louis XIII en 1618).

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Chapel built by architect Couteault from 1818 to 1829 in a neo-classical style strongly tinged with Italianism. The pulpit was installed in 1845, the high altar in 1850 and the stained glass windows in 1860. The convent buildings date from the 17th century (foundation of the priory of the Feuillants by Louis XIII in 1618).

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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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