Église Saint-Pierre de Moncade
4 bis rue du Général Ducournau, 64300 Orthez
- Pyrénées-Atlantiques
- Nouvelle-Aquitaine
The church choir seems to have been established for a monument of rather small proportions. It is flanked by a semi-hexagonal bedside. The aisles are finished, to the north and south, by chapels which could have constituted the arms of the transept in the primitive plan. The profiles of the ribs, the capitals, the bases of the columns, the keys of the vaults, the networks of the windows are characteristic of the beginning of the fourteenth century and the end of the thirteenth, seeming to indicate that the building was executed in several campaigns. After the construction of the choir, the arches on the side of the entrance of the latter remained waiting and the nave was taken over with greater proportions.
The north facade has only two narrow and high dormers, with traces of old doors, arches that suggest that there once existed leaned buildings. The bell tower, which disappeared at the beginning of the 19th century, was on this facade and against the walls also demolished. A fifth ba
Tags
Monument historique & Édifice religieux
© Gérard Dancoisne
