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  6. Cloister of the Church of Sarrance

 Cloister of the Church of Sarrance dans les Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Cloître
Pyrénées-Atlantiques

Cloister of the Church of Sarrance

    Place de l'Eglise
    64490 Sarrance
Cloître de léglise de Sarrance
Cloître de léglise de Sarrance
Cloître de léglise de Sarrance
Cloître de léglise de Sarrance
Cloître de léglise de Sarrance
Cloître de léglise de Sarrance
Crédit photo : Lembeye - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
1343
Gaston X Testament of Foix
1345
Installation of Pre-shows
1569
Destroyer fire
1609
Major restoration
1692
Date on pinion
XIXe siècle (2e moitié)
Post-revolution restorations
2016
Historical Monument
2018
Inscription of the Way of the Cross
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

The following elements of the monastery and the arrangements of the pilgrimage linked to it: the entire church (Box AB 22); monastic buildings with the cloister, including the wing in the west (closing the church square to the south), in full (Box AB 21); the entire "West" chapel (Box AB 11); the entire Notre-Dame-de-la-Pierre chapel (Box AB 30); the chapel of Sainte-Anne, known as the Uzein chapel in its entirety (Box A 276); the votive cross rising on the Church's square; the fountain of the miraculous spring, backed by a terrace wall located between plots 29 and 30 of the AB section, on the uncadated public domain; The former hospital, for its facades and roofs (Box AB 12, 13): classification by decree of 16 March 2016; The 20th century Way of the Cross of the Monastery of Sarrance, composed of the following elements: the chapel of the Madeleine serving as a passage, in total, the crosses of the stations and their steps, the calvary with Christ on the cross, the Virgin, Saint John and two angels, as well as the terrassed platform, and the chapel Notre-Dame de la Paix, in total, located on parcels No.347, 348, 380, 749, 751, appearing in the cadastre section AB: inscription by decree of 11 January 2018.

Key figures

Gaston X, comte de Foix - Sponsor and donor Legue des biens à Sarrance in 1343.
Antoine Lusson - Master glass Author of stained glass windows (from 1863).
Henri Feur - Master glass Stained glass after 1875.
Bertrand Bernard - Painter Wall paintings dated 1866.

Origin and history

The cloister of the church of Sarrance is part of a monastic ensemble built in the 17th and 18th centuries by religious of the order of Premontré. It is part of a pilgrimage site dedicated to a medieval Virgin, already venerated in the 14th century, as evidenced by the will of Gaston X, Count of Foix (1343). The Premonstrates established themselves there around 1345, founding a convent and a hospital. The whole, ravaged by a fire in 1569, was restored in 1609, then again in the nineteenth century after the revolutionary destructions. Only the Romanesque abside of the 11th or 12th century remains medieval buildings.

The cloister, organized around a rectangular courtyard with galleries, extends the church and the convent buildings. It surrounds a public square with, on the left, the church preceded by its bell tower. The arcades, decorated with mouldings, date mostly from the 17th and 18th centuries, although older remains were discovered in the southwest corner. The site, sold as a national property during the Revolution, was restored in the 19th century: roof, vaults, porch, and stained glass signed Antoine Lusson (1863) and Henri Feur (after 1875).

Sanctuary of the Middle Ages on the way to Compostela, Sarrance attracts pilgrims for his miraculous Virgin. The Premonstrates, in charge of worship, embellish the monastery before its partial destruction. In the 20th century, a cross path and chapels (such as Notre-Dame-de-la-Paix) were added, completing the collection classified as a Historical Monument in 2016 and 2018. Today, the church serves as a parish under the name Notre-Dame, while the old convent buildings combine communal and private property.

The history of the site dates back to a small Romanesque church (XIIth–XIIth century), of which only the apse persists. Marian worship, attested as early as 1343, is structured with the arrival of the Premonstrates, who transform the place into a religious and hospitable pole. The hospital, which became an inn after 1569, continued as a witness to this welcoming vocation. The paintings of Bertrand Bernard (1866) and the restorations of the nineteenth century underline the desire to preserve this heritage, linked to the local devotion and the passage of pilgrims.

External links

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