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Église Saint-Sylvestre

Sainte-Colome, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. C 15) : classement par arrêté du 12 juillet 2001
Protection dates
2001/07/12 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Sainte-Colome
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.10217, -0.40400
Mérimée reference
PA00084489

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1779 map "108 Pau, Bearn." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Appuyée à un massif clocher carré à contreforts évoquant un donjon fortifié, l'église, de dimensions réduites, à nef unique, choeur polygonal à cinq pans et chapelles latérales, a été terminée vers 1520. Elle possède un beau portail gothique flamboyant sous le porche sud, des voûtes quadripartites sur la nef, à liernes et tiercerons sur le choeur et les chapelles latérales.

English translation

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Set against a massive square bell tower with buttresses suggesting a fortified keep, the church, of reduced dimensions, with single nave, polygonal choir with five sides and lateral chapels, was completed towards 1520. It possesses a fine flamboyant Gothic portal under the south porch, quadripartite vaults on the nave, with liernes and tiercerons on the choir and lateral chapels.

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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