Assignment to the Abbey of Grande Sauve 1230 (≈ 1230)
The bishop of Auch gave up the church of Escalans.
XIVe-XVIe siècles
Period of main construction
Period of main construction XIVe-XVIe siècles (≈ 1650)
Current building dated from that time.
5 juin 1973
Registration for Historic Monuments
Registration for Historic Monuments 5 juin 1973 (≈ 1973)
Official protection of the building.
1999
Closure for security
Closure for security 1999 (≈ 1999)
Fissures in the vaults detected.
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui Aujourd'hui (≈ 2025)
Position de référence.
Heritage classified
Church in full (Box M 54): inscription by decree of 6 January 1998
Key figures
Évêque d'Auch (1230) - Regional prelate
Gives the church to the Great Sauve.
Origin and history
The Church of Our Lady of Sarran, located in Parleboscq in the Landes, is a Catholic religious building whose construction begins in the 12th to 13th centuries, although the current building dates mainly from the 14th century. It is characterized by a hexagonal tower with a pointed roof and a Gothic entrance door framed by foothills. Inside, the nave, arched in wood, leads to a choir surrounded by double and simple columns with carved capitals, flanked by two apsidioles and side chapels evoking a transept. The church is one of the seven in the commune and has been the subject of an inscription in the Historical Monuments since 5 June 1973.
In 1230, the bishop of Auch gave up the church of Escalans (which probably depended on Sarran) to the abbey of Grande Sauve, marking its anchor in the regional religious network. The building, owned by the municipality of Parreboscq, has been closed to the public since 1999 due to structural cracks in the vaults, requiring backup work. Despite this, it remains a notable architectural testimony of the Dutch heritage, mixing Gothic and pre-Gothic elements.
Available sources, including Wikipedia and Monumentum, highlight its local importance and precarious conservation status. The accuracy of its location is considered "a priori satisfactory" (level 7/10), and its official address is listed in the Mérimée database under INSEE code 40218. The church thus illustrates the challenges of preserving rural monuments, between historical memory and technical constraints.
