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Vieux pont

Labastide-en-Val, Aude, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Pont (vieux), entre le village et l'église, sur la rivière du Sou : inscription par arrêté du 27 septembre 1948
Protection dates
1948/09/27 : inscrit MH
Type
pont
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Labastide-en-Val
Département
Aude
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
43.07523, 2.47292
Mérimée reference
PA00102705

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

4 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "19 Carcassonne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

La date de construction n'est pas connue, mais le pont figure comme "ancien" sur l'état des ponts dressé en 1777. Il représentait, avec la construction d'un autre pont, le seul moyen de liaison entre le village et l'église. L'église primitive est mentionnée dans plusieurs documents du 9e siècle. Le village est une bastide créée au 13e siècle. Il se peut que le pont ne soit pas tout à fait aussi ancien et ait été précédé d'une passerelle en bois. L'étroitesse du passage et l'absence de bandeau aux naissances de la voûte de la grande arche, laissent présumer une construction antérieure au 17e siècle. La petite arche a été reconstruite en 1773, à la place d'une arche encore plus petite.

English translation

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The date of construction is not known, but the bridge appears as "ancient" on the statement of bridges drawn up in 1777. It represented, with the construction of another bridge, the only link between the village and the church. The primitive church is mentioned in several documents from the 9th century. The village is a bastide created in the 13th century. It is possible that the bridge is not quite as ancient and was preceded by a wooden footbridge. The narrowness of the passage and the absence of an impost band at the spring of the vault of the great arch, suggest construction prior to the 17th century. The small arch was rebuilt in 1773, in place of an even smaller arch.

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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