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Église Saint-Polycarpe

Castet, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise et son enceinte (cad. A 137 à 140 ; l'enceinte délimite les parcelles 140 et 139, traverse la parcelle 138 et longe la voie communale no 1 dite voie de l'église, domaine public, non cadastré) : inscription par arrêté du 11 septembre 1997
Protection dates
1997/09/11 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
11e siècle, 15e siècle, 16e siècle, 3e quart 19e siècle
Dates
1861
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Castet
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.06955, -0.41839
Mérimée reference
PA64000025

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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

Ancienne église castrale (l'enceinte la relie au château). Eglise d'origine romane (abside du 11e siècle) , profondément remaniée du 15e au 17e siècle. Clocher surhaussé en 1861. Au cours du 18e siècle, l'église a reçu l'essentiel du décor (retables, statues) que l'on voit aujourd'hui.

English translation

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Former castle church (the enclosure connects it to the château). Church of Romanesque origin (11th-century apse), profoundly reworked from the 15th to the 17th century. Bell tower raised in 1861. During the 18th century, the church received most of the decoration (retables, statues) that can be seen today.

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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