Église Saint-Pierre - Chécy, France
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N 47° 53.502 E 002° 01.470
31T E 427080 N 5304723
[EN] The church of Chécy is of Gothic style and was built between the 13th and 16th century. [FR] L'église de Chécy est de style gothique et fut construite entre les 13e et 16e siècle.
Waymark Code: WMWVA4
Location: Centre-Val-de-Loire, France
Date Posted: 10/16/2017
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Classified as Historic Monuments since 1908, this church has a porch bell tower that dates from the 11th century and is the only remaining vestige of an earlier Romanesque building, now extinct.
It took its current form, Gothic style, between the XIIIth and XVIth centuries. The wars of religion did not spare it, since it was almost entirely burned down in 1562.
It was completely restored in the 19th century, when the actual stained-glass windows, especially the large rose window, were installed, which are in fact large painted glass windows.
Some of these stained glass windows tell the local history as it was perceived in the 19th century: Jeanne d'Arc and Saint-Louis, which are traditionally part of the religious imagery of our region, Loire and the vineyards, essential elements of local life in the 19th century. Its bell tower culminates at 105m.
Sources : The Church
Classée aux Monuments historiques depuis 1908, cette église a un clocher porche qui date du XIe siècle et serait le seul vestige d'un édifice roman antérieur, aujourd'hui disparu.
Elle a pris sa forme actuelle, de style gothique, entre les XIIIe et XVIe siècles. Les guerres de religion ne l'épargnèrent pas puisqu'elle fut presque entièrement brûlée en 1562.
Elle a été complètement restaurée au XIXe siècle, époque à laquelle furent installés les actuels vitraux, en particulier la grande rosace, qui sont en fait de grandes verrières peintes (peinture sur verre).
Certaines de ces verrières racontent l'histoire locale telle qu'on la percevait au XIXe siècle : on y voit, entre autres, Jeanne d'Arc et Saint-Louis qui font traditionnellement partie de l'imgarie religieuse de notre région, mais aussi la Loire et la vigne, éléments essentiels de la vie locale au XIXe siècle. Son clocher culmine à 105m.
Sources : L’Eglise
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