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Chapelle de Marsan

Saint-Lizier, Ariège, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle de Marsan (cad. B 426) : inscription par arrêté du 1er mars 1973
Protection dates
1973/03/01 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
3e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1851
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Saint-Lizier
Département
Ariège
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
42.99766, 1.14603
Mérimée reference
PA00093910

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1843 map "Carte de l'Etat-Major 1:40,000 (1820-1866)" (IGN France — Géoportail).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette chapelle de pélerinage a remplacé un temple de Mars. Le lieu fut épargné par les Maures refluant vers le sud après la bataille de Poitiers. Au 10e siècle, les pélerins affluèrent à la suite de la délivrance d'une épidémie de peste noire qui ravageait le pays. De l'ancienne chapelle, il ne reste plus que l'implantation, la construction actuelle avec son abri de berger datant de 1851. Quatre fenêtres éclairent l'intérieur, de plan rectangulaire. Le campanile en pierre de taille supporte une statue de la Vierge.

English translation

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This pilgrimage chapel replaced a temple of Mars. The place was spared by the Moors flowing back towards the south after the battle of Poitiers. In the 10th century, pilgrims flocked to it following the deliverance from an epidemic of black plague which was ravaging the country. Of the former chapel, there remains only the layout, the present construction with its shepherd's shelter dating from 1851. Four windows light the interior, of rectangular plan. The campanile in ashlar supports a statue of the Virgin.

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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