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Église Sainte-Madeleine de La Ferrière-de-Flée en Maine-et-Loire

Église Sainte-Madeleine de La Ferrière-de-Flée

    1 Place de l'Eglise
    49500 Segré-en-Anjou Bleu

Timeline

Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1800
1900
2000
1840
Enlargement
1870
Master altar installed
début XIXe siècle
Initial construction
2013
Closure for security
2021
Polemic on destruction
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Key figures

Gilles Grimaud - Mayor of La Ferrière-de-Flée Order closure in 2013
Mgr Delmas - Bishop of Angers Opposed to destruction in 2021
Stéphane Bern - Media personality Denounces demolition project
Chrysostome Perrault - Craft sculptor Author of the high altar (1870)
Jean Clamens - Master-glassman Angelvin Awarded for stained glass windows

Origin and history

The church Sainte-Madeleine de La Ferrière-de-Flée is located in the municipality of the same name, in Maine-et-Loire, within the region Pays de la Loire. Built in the early 19th century, it was enlarged in 1840, reflecting the needs of an expanding local population. Its architecture and interior elements, such as the high altar of Chrysostom Perrault (1870) or the stained glass windows attributed to Jean Clamens, illustrate the angeline religious crafts of the time.

In 2013, access to the church was banned by Mayor Gilles Grimaud for security reasons, stressing the urgency of renovation work. The situation deteriorated in 2021 when a controversy broke out about the municipal project to destroy the building. This decision aroused the opposition of Bishop Delmas of Angers, as well as the mobilization of media figures such as Stéphane Bern, denouncing a threat to the local heritage.

The debates surrounding the church of Sainte-Madeleine reveal the tensions between preservation of heritage and budgetary or security constraints. The building, referenced in the Clochers de France and Mérimée bases, also embodies the challenges of managing religious buildings in small communes, between collective memory and administrative realities.

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