Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Menge
Merry-Sec, Yonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. O 227) : inscription par arrêté du 6 mai 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/05/06 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 1er quart 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Merry-Sec
- Département
- Yonne
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.65653, 3.48525
- Mérimée reference
- PA89000008
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 9: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'édifice actuel a été construit au tout début du 16e siècle, peut-être même au 15e siècle. L'église, à deux nefs, est bâtie dans l'esprit gothique.
English translation
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History
The present building was constructed at the very beginning of the 16th century, perhaps even in the 15th century. The church, with two naves, is built in the Gothic spirit.
Nearby in the register
- Moulin à vent Dautinmoulin2 mi
- Château de Chérychâteau3 mi
- Église Saint-Laurentéglise3 mi
- Église Saint-Romainéglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.