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Chapelle Saint-Nicolas d'Harambels

Ostabat-Asme, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Pour être remise en état, la chapelle (cad. B 87) : classement par décret du 19 février 2001
Protection dates
2001/02/19 : classé MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 13e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Lieu-dit
Harambels
Commune
Ostabat-Asme
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.27232, -1.04828
Mérimée reference
PA00084481

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "140 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

A Ostabat-Asme, convergeaient trois des quatre routes principales du pèlerinage de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle. Le prieuré d'Harambels, qui participait activement à l'accueil des pèlerins, est mentionné dès 1059. La chapelle Saint-Nicolas est un petit édifice rustique, simple salle rectangulaire de treize mètres de long sur neuf de large. Le tympan de son portail est gravé d'un chrisme roman. A l'intérieur, se trouve un riche décor homogène du 17e siècle : tribune à balustres, voûte lambrissée au décor peint avec représentations des Evangélistes, grand retable monumental à l'effigie de Saint-Nicolas de Bari...

English translation

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At Ostabat-Asme, three of the four main roads of the pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques de Compostelle converged. The priory of Harambels, which participated actively in welcoming pilgrims, is mentioned from 1059 onwards. The chapel of Saint-Nicolas is a small rustic building, a simple rectangular hall thirteen metres long by nine metres wide. The tympanum of its portal is engraved with a Romanesque chrisme. Inside is found a rich homogeneous decoration of the 17th century: gallery with balustrades, coffered vault with painted decoration depicting the Evangelists, large monumental retable bearing the effigy of Saint-Nicolas of Bari...

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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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