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Church of Saint Martin of Lormont en Gironde

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Eglise gothique

Church of Saint Martin of Lormont

    Place de l'Église
    33310 Lormont
Ownership of the municipality
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Église Saint-Martin de Lormont
Crédit photo : William Ellison - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1434
Work at the bell tower
5 septembre 1451
Church Consecration
1577
Postwar Reparations of Religion
1770-1779
Interior fittings
1876-1890
Neogothic and stained glass decor
1970
Climbing and restoration
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Church of Saint Martin: inscription by order of 24 December 1925

Key figures

Pey Berland - Archbishop of Bordeaux (1430-1456) Consacra church in 1451, coat of arms visible.
Terral - Bordeaux painter (18th century) Author of frescoes and interior decorations.
Gustave Pierre Dagrant - Bordeaux master glass Created the stained glass windows in 1877.
Curé Fourcade (1869-1887) - Sponsor of frescoes Finished Terral's paintings.
Bernard Jabouin - Sculptor-marbling (1878) Realized the altar-major and the tabernacle.

Origin and history

The Saint-Martin de Lormont Church, listed as a Historic Monument in 1925, is a 15th-century Catholic building located in Gironde, Lormont. Its strategic location, halfway between the port and the high town, reflects its central role in local life. Gallo-Roman traces attest to an ancient occupation, but its Romanesque foundation (12th century) is confirmed by archaeological remains, including a child sarcophagus and nave foundations.

The Gothic construction began in the 15th century, marked by works at the bell tower in 1434, combining Romanesque decorations and Gothic plant elements. The nave, consecrated in 1451 by Archbishop Pey Berland, was completed at the end of the century, despite limited resources in the post-war period of Hundred Years. The lower side, chapels and roofs are gradually added, with notable repairs after the Wars of Religion (1577).

The 17th and 18th centuries saw major developments: the tower's elevation, the creation of the sacristy, and the addition of a stand (1770) and a wrought iron chair. In the 19th century, the church was embellished by murals (Terral, 1877), stained glass windows (Dagrant) and a neo-Gothic decor, financed by the rise of shipyards and wine-making. Major restorations occurred after a fall in 1970.

The architecture mixes nave with prismatic vaults, flamboyant apse with five sides, and a two-storey square bell tower, housing a bell of 1839. The furniture includes baptismal fonts (1779), an 18th-century chair, and stained glass windows offered by local families, such as the Chaigneau, owners of shipyards. The church also preserves ex-votos of sailors and paintings inspired by Bordeaux religious art.

The adjacent cemetery, disused in 1848, housed a two-sided cross (1761) and a medieval sarcophagus, now displaced. The building, a communal property, remains a testament to the links between religious heritage, maritime life and social history of Lormont, from antiquity to contemporary times.

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