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Église Saint-Martin de Biriatou

Biriatou, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
L'église en totalité (cad. AE 27) : inscription par arrêté du 16 décembre 2010
Protection dates
2010/12/16 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
14e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Biriatou
Département
Pyrénées-Atlantiques
Region
Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Country
France
Coordinates
43.33304, -1.74245
Mérimée reference
PA64000074

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

3 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1770 map "89. Mapa del Muy Noble y Muy Leal provincia de Guipuzcoa" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Eglise connue depuis 1305. L'édifice a souffert de sa position sur la frontière qui a entraîné, à quatre reprises, des occupations espagnoles dévastatrices (1525, 1636, 1793, 1813). L'édifice a été fortement restauré au 19e siècle. C'est un bâtiment rectangulaire entouré de son cimetière. Il est doté d'un clocher-porche ouest et d'une ancienne maison communale sur un second porche, côté nord. A l'intérieur, deux niveaux de tribunes, reconstruits en 1882, encadrent la nef au plafond lambrissé peint.

English translation

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Church known since 1305. The building suffered from its position on the border which resulted in, on four occasions, devastating Spanish occupations (1525, 1636, 1793, 1813). The building was substantially restored in the 19th century. It is a rectangular building surrounded by its cemetery. It is equipped with a west porch tower and an old communal building on a second porch, on the north side. Inside, two levels of galleries, rebuilt in 1882, frame the nave with a painted panelled ceiling.

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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