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Rennes-Le-Château : Protected heritage

Although isolated semblance to the summit of its hill, the village of Rennes-Le-Château sees several of its elements recorded and protected by" The historic monuments" This entity of the state is directly under l 'aegis of the Ministry of the Culture French.
This protection, confer them an integrity through the time. Indeed, all incoming element in this heritage can, on no account, to be suppressed or modified without incurring the thunderbolts of the Law. The possible restorations of the elements classified can achieve themselves that after agreement of the local DRAC and the architect of the national monuments (Direction Régionale des Affaires Culturelles) of which depend the places.
No one can following worked therefore his goodwill to the breasts of the protected places. " The Historic Monuments" are very clear on this chapter: All person noting the deteriorations or the "discreet" works in protected places must to inform the DRAC whose places depend of it.t.
Here are the list and the orderings of the places protected to Rennes-Le-Château therefore :

For the Saint-Marie-Madeleine church :

	Title	Saint-Marie-Madeleine church
	Localization	Languedoc-Roussillon ; 11 ; Rennes-Le-Château
	Denomination	Parochial church
	Protected elements MH	Interior decor
		12 eme Siècle
	Historic	Interior decor of the church achieved between 1887 and 1897 by abbot Saunière
		Property of the township
	Date MH protection	1994/07/26 : Inscrit MH
		Church (cad. A8) : Enrollment by decree of July 26, 1994
	Type of study	Census buildings MH
	N° of note	PA00132609
		© Monuments Historiques, 1994
Mérimée data base, ministry of the French Culture and the Communication - direction of the architecture and the Heritagee

For the Tile of the Knights :

	Technique	Sculpture
	Désignation	Bas-Relief
	Localization	Langueoc-Roussillon ; 11; Rennes-Le-Château
	Building of conservation	Garden
	Materials	Stone
	Description	Bas-relief to decor , representing the riders turning the back, framed by two depressed bows supported by columns torsos. The animals continuing are represented on the extrados of the bows.
	Dimenssions	h=82 ; la=131
	Century	High Middle Age
	Historic	This stone, of Carolingian time, has been found in 1884-1885 under the altar of the Romanesque church of Rennes-Le-Château. It has been put then to dish to act as platform to a cross of mission, acted then as basis for the monument to the deaths.
	Date protection	1950/03/23 : Classified to the title object
	Legal statute	property of the township
	Survey	List objects classified MH
	Copyright	© Monuments historiques, 1992
	Reférence	PM11001342
Mérimée data base, ministry of the French Culture and the Communication - direction of the architecture and the Heritagee

The pillar"Wisigoth" :

	Technique	Sculpture
	Désignation	Pedestal of the mission cross
	Localisation	Languedoc-Roussillon ; 11 ; Rennes-Le-Château
	Building of conservation	Church
	Materials	Pierre: built
	Measurements	h=75 ; la=40 ; pr=39
	Century	High Middle Age
	Historic	It is about a re-employment: this stone sculpted of Carolingian time has been used to act as pedestal to a cross of Mission erected in 1891.
	Date protection	1954/11/05 : classified as object
	Legal statute	Property of the township
	Survey	List objects classified MH
	Copyright	© Monuments historiques, 1992
	Référence	PM11001343
Mérimée data base, ministry of the French Culture and the Communication - direction of the architecture and the Heritagee

You won't have failed to notice the mistakes of definition of some orderings surely