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Église

Arras-en-Lavedan, Hautes-Pyrénées, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. A 789) : inscription par arrêté du 28 mai 1979
Protection dates
1979/05/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
12e siècle, 17e siècle, 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Arras-en-Lavedan
Département
Hautes-Pyrénées
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
42.99086, -0.12713
Mérimée reference
PA00095317

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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

L'origine des abbés Lays, gens d'armes qui eurent pour mission de défendre les Pyrénées, se situe vers 759. Arras avait son abbadie, manoir de l'abbé Lay, dont le seul vestige actuel est la tour circulaire qui se dresse près de l'église. L'abbé Lay devait entretenir le curé et l'église. Cette dernière s'ouvre par une porte gothique et est dominée par une tour-clocher rectangulaire. L'édifice, de fondation ancienne, a été très remanié.

English translation

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The origin of the abbés Lays, men-at-arms whose mission was to defend the Pyrenees, dates to around 759. Arras had its abbey, the manor of the abbé Lay, of which the only remaining vestige today is the circular tower which stands near the church. The abbé Lay had to maintain the curate and the church. The latter opens through a gothic door and is dominated by a rectangular bell tower. The building, of ancient foundation, has been heavily remodelled.

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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