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The Notre-Dame-de-Roumé Chapel is a religious building located in the municipality of Ciutat, Occitanie. Isolated in the countryside, 1 km south of the village, it is built on a small mound surrounded by a dry stone wall. Its name could come from Cami Roumiou, a road taken by the pilgrims of Santiago de Compostela. The building, of trapezoidal plan, ends with a three-sided bedside and has a blind facade with a bell tower-wall.

The chapel was built in several phases, mainly in the sixteenth, seventeenth and nineteenth centuries. According to local tradition, its name would evoke an ancient Roman establishment or temple. The masonry apparatus mixes stone, stone and pebbles, showing complex reshaping. Inside, there is a false vault of painted wood, an 18th-century altarpiece, as well as classified furniture (status from the Virgin to the Child, altar desk, cross and altar cannons).

Registered as a historical monument in 1956, the chapel was restored in 1985. Its current three-sided bedside dates back to the early 19th century, replacing an ancient bedside probably destroyed during the Wars of Religion. The chapel is now owned by the municipality of Ciutat, in the Hautes-Pyrénées. Its architecture and history make it a landmark witness to the local religious heritage.

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