{"id":9568,"date":"2025-06-30T07:45:04","date_gmt":"2025-06-30T05:45:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/catholiques17.fr\/tonnaycharente\/?page_id=9568"},"modified":"2025-07-07T12:17:15","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:17:15","slug":"tonnay-charente","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catholiques17.fr\/tonnaycharente\/nos-eglises\/tonnay-charente\/","title":{"rendered":"Tonnay-Charente"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=\u00a0\u00bb1&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb6px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbet_body_layout\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb custom_padding=\u00a0\u00bb13px|||||\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbet_body_layout\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbet_body_layout\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_image src=\u00a0\u00bbhttps:\/\/catholiques17.fr\/tonnaycharente\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/47\/2025\/07\/Tonnay-Charente_et_son_eglise.jpg\u00a0\u00bb title_text=\u00a0\u00bbTonnay-Charente_et_son_\u00e9glise\u00a0\u00bb align=\u00a0\u00bbcenter\u00a0\u00bb _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime; global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbet_body_layout\u00a0\u00bb sticky_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime;][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbet_body_layout\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_column type=\u00a0\u00bb4_4&Prime; _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbet_body_layout\u00a0\u00bb][et_pb_text _builder_version=\u00a0\u00bb4.27.4&Prime; _module_preset=\u00a0\u00bbdefault\u00a0\u00bb hover_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime; global_colors_info=\u00a0\u00bb{}\u00a0\u00bb theme_builder_area=\u00a0\u00bbet_body_layout\u00a0\u00bb sticky_enabled=\u00a0\u00bb0&Prime;]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Tonnay-Charente \u2013 \u00c9glise Saint-\u00c9tienne et Saint-Nicolas<br \/><\/strong><em>Rue Bertrand Richard, 17430 Tonnay-Charente<br \/><\/em><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"322\" data-end=\"497\">L\u2019\u00e9glise Saint-\u00c9tienne, d\u00e9di\u00e9e \u00e9galement \u00e0 Saint-Nicolas, <strong>poss\u00e8de une histoire marqu\u00e9e par les destructions<\/strong>, <strong>les reconstructions et les \u00e9volutions architecturales successives<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"499\" data-end=\"1166\"><strong>D\u00e9truite<\/strong> <strong>en grande partie<\/strong> <strong>en<\/strong> <strong>1580<\/strong> par les <strong>troupes<\/strong> <strong>protestantes<\/strong>, l\u2019\u00e9glise fut <strong>restaur\u00e9e<\/strong> <strong>entre 1588 et 1594<\/strong>. \u00c0 cette \u00e9poque, bien que les bases des futures vo\u00fbtes aient \u00e9t\u00e9 pos\u00e9es, celles-ci ne furent jamais achev\u00e9es. En attendant, une charpente provisoire fut install\u00e9e, reposant sur de simples piliers \u00e9quarris, donnant \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur l\u2019allure d\u2019une vaste grange solidement \u00e9tay\u00e9e. L\u2019ext\u00e9rieur, quant \u00e0 lui, offrait une silhouette plus monumentale, avec deux pignons \u00e9lanc\u00e9s dominant les extr\u00e9mit\u00e9s du b\u00e2timent. Le clocher fut \u00e9galement reconstruit \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque, <strong>mais sa fl\u00e8che, ainsi que les deux pignons, furent emport\u00e9s au XVIII\u1d49 si\u00e8cle lors d\u2019un violent ouragan<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1168\" data-end=\"1644\">\u00c0 l\u2019origine, l\u2019\u00e9glise se composait d\u2019une seule nef en forme de croix, avec un chevet situ\u00e9 dans l\u2019actuelle chapelle de la Vierge, et une chapelle lat\u00e9rale formant bras oppos\u00e9 \u00e0 la tour carr\u00e9e. Une premi\u00e8re campagne de restauration eut lieu au <strong>XIII\u1d49 si\u00e8cle<\/strong> : la vieille tour carr\u00e9e fut alors sur\u00e9lev\u00e9e d\u2019un \u00e9tage et coiff\u00e9e d\u2019une fl\u00e8che fine et \u00e9l\u00e9gante. <strong>Cette derni\u00e8re fut d\u00e9truite lors d\u2019une attaque des troupes calvinistes en 1560<\/strong>, marquant un nouvel \u00e9pisode de destruction.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1646\" data-end=\"1872\"><strong>La reconstruction de l\u2019\u00e9glise fut reprise entre 1588 et 1594<\/strong>. Des traces de cette p\u00e9riode demeurent encore aujourd\u2019hui : <strong>les ouvriers y ont grav\u00e9 les dates et leurs monogrammes de compagnonnage, visibles sur plusieurs pierres<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1874\" data-end=\"2119\">\u00c0 la nef originelle furent ajout\u00e9es une nef centrale et une nef m\u00e9ridionale. En <strong>1723<\/strong>, une partie de la <strong>charpente s\u2019effondra<\/strong>. C\u2019est sans doute \u00e0 cette \u00e9poque qu\u2019un violent ouragan projeta dans la cour du presbyt\u00e8re le pignon oriental de l\u2019\u00e9glise.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2121\" data-end=\"2235\">Le clocher conserve deux cloches : l\u2019une, plus ancienne, install\u00e9e en <strong>1741<\/strong>, et la \u00ab\u00a0grosse cloche\u00a0\u00bb, mont\u00e9e en <strong>1861<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2237\" data-end=\"2429\">En <strong>1831<\/strong>, la d\u00e9cision fut prise d\u2019\u00e9difier les vo\u00fbtes de l\u2019\u00e9glise. Celles-ci reposent sur deux rang\u00e9es de colonnes de style grec : des f\u00fbts cylindriques cannel\u00e9s pos\u00e9s sur des pi\u00e9destaux carr\u00e9s.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2431\" data-end=\"2458\">Parmi les ajouts notables :<\/p>\n<ul data-start=\"2460\" data-end=\"3166\">\n<li data-start=\"2460\" data-end=\"2548\">\n<p data-start=\"2462\" data-end=\"2548\"><strong data-start=\"2462\" data-end=\"2470\">1850<\/strong> : ouverture de la chapelle des \u00c2mes du Purgatoire, creus\u00e9e dans le mur sud.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2549\" data-end=\"2707\">\n<p data-start=\"2551\" data-end=\"2707\"><strong data-start=\"2551\" data-end=\"2559\">1894<\/strong> : cr\u00e9ation de la grande rosace (diam\u00e8tre : 3,50 m) dans la nef. Le m\u00e9daillon central illustre le martyre de Saint-\u00c9tienne, patron de la paroisse.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2708\" data-end=\"2825\">\n<p data-start=\"2710\" data-end=\"2825\"><strong data-start=\"2710\" data-end=\"2727\">1894<\/strong> : installation d\u2019un chemin de croix en terre cuite, provenant des ateliers Giscard de Toulouse.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2826\" data-end=\"2949\">\n<p data-start=\"2828\" data-end=\"2949\"><strong data-start=\"2828\" data-end=\"2836\">1887<\/strong> : le ma\u00eetre-autel, de style Louis XIV \u2014 selon la tradition provenant de la chapelle des Capucins \u2014 est redor\u00e9.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"2950\" data-end=\"3056\">\n<p data-start=\"2952\" data-end=\"3056\"><strong data-start=\"2952\" data-end=\"2960\">1816<\/strong> : acquisition d\u2019une pr\u00e9cieuse copie de <em data-start=\"3000\" data-end=\"3022\">La Descente de Croix<\/em> de Rubens, r\u00e9cemment restaur\u00e9e.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"3057\" data-end=\"3166\">\n<p data-start=\"3059\" data-end=\"3166\"><strong data-start=\"3059\" data-end=\"3067\">1831<\/strong> : un instrument appel\u00e9 \u00ab mille accords \u00bb est install\u00e9 dans la tribune (actuellement hors d\u2019usage).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p data-start=\"3168\" data-end=\"3390\">Selon la coutume ancienne, <strong>plusieurs personnalit\u00e9s ont \u00e9t\u00e9 inhum\u00e9es \u00e0 l\u2019int\u00e9rieur m\u00eame de l\u2019\u00e9glise<\/strong>. Une <strong>table fun\u00e9raire en marbre noir<\/strong>, autrefois plac\u00e9e devant les fonts baptismaux,<strong> se trouve d\u00e9sormais \u00e0 l\u2019entr\u00e9e du ch\u0153ur<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3392\" data-end=\"3601\">Enfin, en <strong data-start=\"3402\" data-end=\"3410\">1873<\/strong>, les<strong> deux grandes baies gothiques<\/strong> du sanctuaire de la <strong>Vierge et de Saint-Joseph<\/strong> ont \u00e9t\u00e9 rouvertes. 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