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Ruines de la chapelle Notre-Dame du Rosaire

Belpech, Aude, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle Notre-Dame du Rosaire (ruines) : inscription par arrêté du 10 avril 1948
Protection dates
1948/04/10 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
15e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Belpech
Département
Aude
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.19848, 1.75376
Mérimée reference
PA00102558

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1776 map "39 St. Lizier, St. Martory." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Une chapelle aurait été fondée en 1344 par Raymond Sirven, riche bourgeois. Elle devint votive au 17e siècle, en l'honneur de Notre-Dame du Rosaire. Pierre de la Broue, évêque de Mirepoix de 1679 à 1720, fit bâtir au voisinage un séminaire, avec jouissance de la chapelle. De cette église ne subsiste qu'une annexe latérale au choeur, sacristie ou chapelle. L'édifice ayant été vendu comme bien national en 1792, les deux cloches furent fondues et la statue de la Vierge transportée dans l'église paroissiale. La chapelle qui subsiste est certainement postérieure à la construction de 1344 dont il ne reste plus de traces. Cette partie ne peut être antérieure au 15e siècle, sinon au 16e siècle. C'est une construction de plan carré, entièrement réalisée en briques, hormis le grès des chapiteaux de l'arc doubleau.

English translation

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A chapel is said to have been founded in 1344 by Raymond Sirven, a wealthy bourgeois. It became votive in the 17th century, in honour of Notre-Dame du Rosaire. Pierre de la Broue, bishop of Mirepoix from 1679 to 1720, had a seminary built nearby, with enjoyment of the chapel. Of this church only a lateral annex to the choir remains, a sacristy or chapel. The building having been sold as national property in 1792, the two bells were melted down and the statue of the Virgin transported to the parish church. The chapel that remains is certainly later than the 1344 construction of which no traces remain. This part cannot be earlier than the 15th century, if not the 16th century. It is a construction of square plan, entirely made of bricks, except for the sandstone of the capitals of the double arch.

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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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