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Ancien arsenal, actuellement centre culturel et touristique

Navarrenx, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'ancien arsenal (cad. AB 42) : inscription par arrêté du 31 juillet 2006
Protection dates
2006/07/31 : inscrit MH
Type
arsenal
Main period of construction
4e quart 17e siècle
Dates
1680
Ownership
propriété de la commune, propriété privée
Address
41 Grand'Rue
Commune
Navarrenx
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.32269, -0.76118
Mérimée reference
PA64000062

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University Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1636 map "Aquitaniae descriptio" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Construit vers 1680, cet ensemble comporte trois corps de bâtiments en U, à trois étages, disposés autour d'une cour centrale. L'édifice a réutilisé les murs de l'ancienne maison des rois de Navarre (traces de portes et de fenêtres du 15e ou 16e siècle). L'arsenal pouvait abriter une quantité considérable d'armes et de munitions.

English translation

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Built around 1680, this complex comprises three buildings in a U-shape, three storeys, arranged around a central courtyard. The building reused the walls of the former house of the kings of Navarre (traces of doors and windows of the 15th or 16th century). The arsenal could house a considerable quantity of arms and ammunition.

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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