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Pont Noblia sur la Nive

Bidarray, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Le pont en totalité (cad. non cadastré, sur la voie communale n° 3) : inscription par arrêté du 16 décembre 2010
Protection dates
2010/12/16 : inscrit MH
Type
pont
Main period of construction
14e siècle
Later work
17e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
VC 3
Commune
Bidarray
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.26788, -1.34526
Mérimée reference
PA64000073

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "140 Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le pont, lié à l'existence dès le 12e siècle d'un prieuré dépendant, sur un des chemins de pèlerinage, de l'abbaye de Roncevaux, remonte au 14e siècle. Son arche centrale, rompue par une crue de la Nive, fut reconstruite au 17e siècle. L'ensemble a été restauré en 1822. L'arche nord fut, vers 1895, détruite par la construction de la voie ferrée reliant Bayonne à Saint-Jean-de-Pied-de-Port. L'ouvrage, en léger dos d'âne, comporte trois arches sur la Nive, retombant sur deux piles à bec. Une quatrième arche subsiste côté sud, sur la berge. La cinquième arche, côté nord, a disparu au moment de la construction de la voie ferrée.

English translation

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The bridge, linked to the existence from the 12th century of a priory depending on, on one of the pilgrimage routes, the abbey of Roncevaux, dates from the 14th century. Its central arch, broken by a flood of the Nive, was rebuilt in the 17th century. The whole was restored in 1822. The north arch was, around 1895, destroyed by the construction of the railway line connecting Bayonne to Saint-Jean-de-Pied-de-Port. The structure, in a slight arched form, comprises three arches over the Nive, bearing on two cutwaters. A fourth arch remains on the south side, on the bank. The fifth arch, on the north side, disappeared at the time of the construction of the railway line.

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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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