Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption ou de l'Assomption de la Bienheureuse Vierge Marie
Lembeye, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- L'église en totalité (cad. AB 553) : classement par arrêté du 31 janvier 2011
- Protection dates
- 2011/01/31 : classé MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 2e moitié 15e siècle, 1er quart 16e siècle, 1er quart 20e siècle
- Architect or builder
- Coustal (architecte)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- Eglise (place de l')
- Commune
- Lembeye
- Département
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.44852, -0.10752
- Mérimée reference
- PA00084431
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
3 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
Edifice construit à la fin du 15e siècle, composé d'une nef encadrée de deux bas-côtés, avec deux chapelles latérales. Le portail ouest sculpté s'ouvre sous un important clocher-porche, surélevé d'une flèche au début du 20e siècle. L'intérieur conserve un important décor sculpté. Lembeye se trouve sur une dérivation de la route de Provence menant à Compostelle.
English translation
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History
Building constructed at the end of the 15th century, composed of a nave flanked by two aisles, with two lateral chapels. The sculptured western portal opens beneath an important porch tower, raised with a spire at the beginning of the 20th century. The interior preserves significant sculptured decoration. Lembeye is situated on a branch of the road to Provence leading to Compostella.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.