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Église

Gotein-Libarrenx, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise : inscription par arrêté du 19 mai 1925
Protection dates
1925/05/19 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Gotein-Libarrenx
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.19105, -0.90185
Mérimée reference
PA00084392

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'église fait partie des églises trinitaires construites au pays basque après la victoire des catholiques sur les protestants pendant les guerres de Religion ou à la suite d'un désastre. L'église comprend une nef précédée d'un porche que surmonte un clocher à trois pignons (clocher trinitaire) caractéristique de l'art basque. Ce type de clocher se retrouve dans l'ancien pays de Soule et en particulier dans la vallée du Saison. La porte percée dans le mur du clocher est formée de trois arcs brisés concentriques. Le cimetière comportait autrefois des tombes discoïdales disparues.

English translation

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The church is one of the Trinitarian churches built in the Basque country after the victory of the Catholics over the Protestants during the Wars of Religion or following a disaster. The church comprises a nave preceded by a porch which is surmounted by a bell tower with three gables (Trinitarian bell tower) characteristic of Basque art. This type of bell tower is found in the former country of Soule and in particular in the valley of Saison. The door pierced in the bell tower wall is formed of three concentric pointed arches. The cemetery formerly contained discoidal tombs which have disappeared.

Nearby in the register

Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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