Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Saint-Saturnin
Brassempouy, Landes, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise Saint-Saturnin : classement par arrêté du 3 janvier 1939
- Protection dates
- 1939/01/03 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 2e quart 16e siècle
- Dates
- 1535
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Brassempouy
- Département
- Landes
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.63444, -0.69478
- Mérimée reference
- PA00083929
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1771 map "107 Aire, Orthez." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
L'édifice conserve des voûtes à liernes et tiercerons du 16e siècle posées sur les restes des murs romans. Il conserve également un chevet roman ainsi que les restes d'une porte de même époque. Le clocher se présente comme une tour massive comprenant des bancs dans l'embrasure des fenêtres à chaque étage. Cette disposition a pu être choisie pour maintenir une petite garnison en cas d'alerte.
English translation
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History
The building retains rib vaults with liernes and tiercerons from the 16th century laid on the remains of Romanesque walls. It also retains a Romanesque chevet as well as the remains of a door of the same period. The bell tower appears as a massive tower comprising benches in the window embrasures on each storey. This arrangement may have been chosen to maintain a small garrison in case of alert.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.