Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ancienne benoiterie de Bascassan
Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Ancienne benoiterie, y compris le potager attenant (cad. A 105) : classement par arrêté du 30 mai 1997
- Protection dates
- 1997/05/30 : classé MH
- Type
- maison
- Main period of construction
- 18e siècle (?)
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Ahaxe-Alciette-Bascassan
- Département
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Region
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.14271, -1.17749
- Mérimée reference
- PA00084549
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1772 map "87. Mapa del reyno de Navarra" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La benoite assurait un rôle essentiel dans le rituel et l'entretien de l'église (elle s'occupait des linges liturgiques et funéraires). La maison, située à côté de l'église et du cimetière, constitue avec le fronton l'une des caractéristiques du village basque.
English translation
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History
The benoite fulfilled an essential role in the ritual and maintenance of the church (she looked after liturgical and funeral linen). The house, situated beside the church and cemetery, constitutes with the gable one of the characteristics of the Basque village.
Nearby in the register
- Eglise Saint-André-de-Bascassanégliseunder 1 mi
- Croix de cimetière d'Ahaxecroix de cimetièreunder 1 mi
- Croix de cimetièrecroix de cimetièreunder 1 mi
- Croix de carrefourcroix de cheminunder 1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.