Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Église
Mont-d'Astarac, Gers, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Eglise (cad. B 281) : inscription par arrêté du 18 juillet 1975
- Protection dates
- 1975/07/18 : inscrit MH
- Type
- église
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Mont-d'Astarac
- Département
- Gers
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 43.32776, 0.56814
- Mérimée reference
- PA00094870
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1771 map "75 Tarbes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Eglise à nef unique, comprenant trois chapelles. Le choeur, formé de cinq pans, est orné de fresques du 15e siècle représentant des scènes historiées (l'arbre de Jessé, la Cène, épisodes de la vie du Christ et de sa Passion, l'enfer). Sur le mur Est, Christ en majesté et Résurrection des morts.
English translation
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History
Church with single nave, comprising three chapels. The choir, formed of five sides, is decorated with frescoes of the 15th century representing historical scenes (the Tree of Jesse, the Last Supper, episodes from the life of Christ and his Passion, hell). On the East wall, Christ in Majesty and Resurrection of the Dead.
Nearby in the register
- Porte de villeporte de villeunder 1 mi
- Château de Salleneuvechâteau1 mi
- Église de l'Assomptionéglise2 mi
- Chapelle Saint-Bricechapelle2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.