Plaincourault Chapel
Coordinates: 46°36′46.8″N 0°57′01.7″E / 46.613000°N 0.950472°E / 46.613000; 0.950472
Plaincourault Chapel is a 12th-century chapel of the Knights Hospitaller in Mérigny, Indre, France.[1] The structure, which is located next to the Château de Plaincourault, suffered extensive damage during the French Revolution and was abandoned in 1793. It was declared a historical monument in 1944, but was not restored until the Parc naturel régional de la Brenne took ownership of the property in 1994.[2] The chapel is famous for its unusual Romanesque art, particularly its Christian frescoes.[3][4] As part of the Château de Plaincourault complex, it is designated by the French Ministry of Culture as a monument historique.[5]
References
^ Gaudon, Constantin (1868). Histoire du Blanc et de ses environs. Ampetit. .mw-parser-output cite.citationfont-style:inherit.mw-parser-output .citation qquotes:"""""""'""'".mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registrationcolor:#555.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration spanborder-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon abackground:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center.mw-parser-output code.cs1-codecolor:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-errordisplay:none;font-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-errorfont-size:100%.mw-parser-output .cs1-maintdisplay:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-formatfont-size:95%.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-leftpadding-left:0.2em.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-rightpadding-right:0.2em
ISBN 1295095572. pp. 290-293.
^ La chapelle de Plaincourault. La commune de Mérigny. Archived on 2008-09-13.
^ Ramsbottom, J. (1925). Edible and Poisonous Fungi. Proc R Soc Med. 18 (Sect Trop Dis Parasitol): 13–26. PMC 2202295
^ Ruck, Carl A.P.; Jose Alfredo Gonzalez Celdran (2007). Melusina of Plaincourault. The Hidden World: Survival of Pagan Shamanic Themes in European Fairytales. Carolina Academic Press.
ISBN 1-59460-144-5. pp. 309-380.
^ Indexed in the Base Mérimée, a database of architectural heritage maintained by the French Ministry of Culture, under the reference PA00097393.
Further reading
- Boudier, Jean Louis Émile (1911). La fresque de Plaincourault (Indre). Bulletin de la Société Mycologique de France 27: 31 - 33.
- Samorini, Giorgio (1997). The 'Mushroom-Tree' of Plaincourault, Eleusis: Journal of Psychoactive Plants and Compounds 8: 29–37.
External links
Official site (French)