Plaincourault Chapel

Coordinates: 46°36′46.8″N 0°57′01.7″E / 46.613000°N 0.950472°E

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]

External image

Giorgio Samorini's flickr set

References

1. Gaudon, Constantin (1868). Histoire du Blanc et de ses environs. Ampetit. ISBN 1295095572. pp. 290-293.
2. La chapelle de Plaincourault. La commune de Mérigny.
3. Ramsbottom, J. (1925). Edible and Poisonous Fungi. Proc R Soc Med. 18 (Sect Trop Dis Parasitol): 13–26. PubMed PMC2202295
4. 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.
5. This building is inscrit au titre des Monuments Historiques. 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)