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Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Bidart, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise en totalité (cad. AP 77) : inscription par arrêté du 3 août 2001
Protection dates
2001/08/03 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
16e siècle
Later work
17e siècle, 18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
la Place
Commune
Bidart
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.43876, -1.58973
Mérimée reference
PA64000040

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1764 map "Carte des environs de Bayonne et les costes jusqu'a Fontarabie." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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Edifice de plan à nef unique, prolongée à l'est d'une abside pentagonale, sans transept ni chapelles latérales. Un clocher-mur ponctue la façade ouest contre laquelle s'adosse un porche à étage (17e siècle). L'église actuelle a été construite, ou reconstruite, au 16e siècle, avec un souci défensif manifeste (murs épais, bretèche) contre les interventions espagnoles. L'édifice fit l'objet de restaurations une fois la paix revenue (inscription de 1610). Retables installées en 1747-1750. Pendant la Révolution, l'église est transformée en magasin à subsistance pour l'armée, et les objets réquisitionnés. Le décor intérieur fut remanié au 19e siècle. Les fonds baptismaux actuels furent installés en 1902.

English translation

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Building of single-nave plan, extended to the east by a pentagonal apse, without transept or side chapels. A porch tower punctuates the west façade against which a porch with an upper storey is set (17th century). The present church was built, or rebuilt, in the 16th century, with a manifest defensive concern (thick walls, bretèche) against Spanish interventions. The building underwent restoration once peace returned (inscription of 1610). Retables installed in 1747-1750. During the Revolution, the church was transformed into a provision store for the army, and objects were requisitioned. The interior decoration was altered in the 19th century. The present baptismal fonts were installed in 1902.

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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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