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Vieux Pont

Orthez, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Le Vieux Pont, y compris la tour : classement par liste de 1875 et par arrêté du 21 janvier 1942
Protection dates
1875 : classé MH, 1942/01/21 : classé MH
Type
pont
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 14e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Orthez
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.48627, -0.77702
Mérimée reference
PA00084478

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David 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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'ensemble a été construit au 13e ou au 14e siècle. La grande arche était autrefois défendue par deux tours dont une seule subsiste. Le couronnement de cette dernière, qui manquait déjà en 1589, a été reconstitué vers 1865, avec une couverture moins élancée qui figure sur d'anciens documents.

English translation

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The whole was constructed in the 13th or 14th century. The great arch was formerly defended by two towers of which only one remains. The crowning of the latter, which was already missing in 1589, was reconstituted around 1865, with a less slender covering which appears in old documents.

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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