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Chapelle

La Bastide-de-Besplas, Ariège, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Intérieur : inscription par arrêté du 17 avril 1950
Protection dates
1950/04/17 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
17e siècle
Dates
1663, 1727, 1728
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
La Bastide-de-Besplas
Département
Ariège
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.16802, 1.27520
Mérimée reference
PA00093772

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La chapelle est un exemple particulièrement intéressant de la persistance d'un type traditionnel de petit édifice cultuel dans cette région des Pyrénées. De plan rectangulaire, construite en brique, la chapelle est couverte par un plafond en bois peint caissonné. Les caissons sont décorés de quatre motifs : monogramme de la Vierge, tête d'ange, motifs de fleurs différents. Chaque motif se retrouve sur une diagonale. Un retable occupe tout le fond.

English translation

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The chapel is a particularly interesting example of the persistence of a traditional type of small place of worship in this region of the Pyrenees. Of rectangular plan, built in brick, the chapel is covered by a painted coffered wooden ceiling. The coffers are decorated with four motifs: monogram of the Virgin, angel's head, different flower motifs. Each motif is found on a diagonal. A retable occupies the entire back.

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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