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Chapelle Sainte-Croix

Alzen, Ariège, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Façades et toitures (cad. A 388) : inscription par arrêté du 11 décembre 1995
Protection dates
1995/12/11 : inscrit MH partiellement
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 18e siècle
Later work
19e siècle
Dates
1732
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Alzen
Département
Ariège
Region
Occitanie
Country
France
Coordinates
42.99266, 1.46927
Mérimée reference
PA00135427

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1675 map "Les Monts Pyrenées, ou sont remarqués les passages de France en Espagne / dressé sur les memoires les plus nouveaux par le Sr. Sanson" (University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice d'origine romane, incendié vers 1624 par les protestants, réédifié au 18e siècle (une pierre porte la date 1732) , restauré au 19e siècle. La chapelle était liée au château des barons d'Alzen, aujourd'hui disparu.

English translation

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Building of Romanesque origin, burned by Protestants around 1624, rebuilt in the 18th century (a stone bears the date 1732), restored in the 19th century. The chapel was linked to the castle of the barons d'Alzen, now disappeared.

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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