Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Benoît
Villiers-Saint-Benoît, Yonne, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. C 183) : inscription par arrêté du 8 août 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/08/08 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle
- Later work
- 15e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Villiers-Saint-Benoît
- Département
- Yonne
- Region
- Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.78118, 3.21067
- Mérimée reference
- PA89000013
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Composite Map: La Generalite de Paris." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Paroisse fondée au 10e siècle par les moines de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. L'église actuelle remonte essentiellement au 13e siècle. L'architecture et son décor sont relativement pauvres, à l'exception des peintures murales du 15e siècle, découvertes en 1902. Quelques remaniements aux 18e (clocher refait en 1740) et 19e siècles (sol carrelé en 1850, cachant les anciennes dalles funéraires).
English translation
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History
Parish founded in the 10th century by the monks of Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire. The present church dates essentially to the 13th century. The architecture and its decoration are relatively modest, with the exception of the wall paintings of the 15th century, discovered in 1902. Some alterations in the 18th century (bell tower remade in 1740) and 19th century (tiled floor in 1850, concealing the old funerary slabs).
Nearby in the register
- Domaine du Bréauchâteau2 mi
- Ancienne église Saint-Loup à la Villotteéglise2 mi
- Châteauchâteau3 mi
- Château de Fourolleschâteau3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.