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Saturday 16 September 2023, 09:00, 14:00, 16:00Passed

Conditions

Free. On registration. Bring binoculars for close examination of wall paintings and stained glass.

Registration

05 58 72 96 05 mop@capbreton.fr

September 2023

Saturday 16

09:00 - 10:30

14:00 - 15:30

16:00 - 17:30

Église Saint-Nicolas

40130 Capbreton

Landes
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Guided tour of the Capbreton church: architecture and decor

Name: Guided tour of the Capbreton church: architecture and decor
Start: 2023-09-16T09:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-16T17:30:00+02:00
Location: Église Saint-Nicolas

Come and enjoy a visit of the church by Nathalie Lacoste (heritage foundation), Isabelle Joly (heritage architect) and Jean-Philippe Maisonnave (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region).

Saturday 16 September 2023, 09:00, 14:00, 16:00Passed

Conditions

Free. On registration. Bring binoculars for close examination of wall paintings and stained glass.

Registration

05 58 72 96 05 mop@capbreton.fr

Come and enjoy a visit of the church by Nathalie Lacoste (heritage foundation), Isabelle Joly (heritage architect) and Jean-Philippe Maisonnave (Nouvelle-Aquitaine region).

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Gratuit, Sur inscription

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Tout public

About the location

Église Saint-Nicolas

40130 Capbreton

Landes
Nouvelle-Aquitaine

The church of Saint-Nicolas of Capbreton, erected in 1539-1540 in a growing parish, preserved from this period a powerful square bell tower, crowned with a turret that long served as a bitter for the ships returning to the port. The history of the building, almost completely rebuilt at the end of the Second Empire, is closely linked to the community of fishermen, which ensured the prosperity of the village for centuries, before the development of seaside tourism. Wall paintings (Jules and Gaston Gélibert, Claude Drouillard), stained glass windows (Gustave Dagrant) and sculptures (Clément d'Astanières) still bear witness today to the devotion of men of the sea to their patron saints, Nicolas de Myre and Catherine of Alexandria, as well as to the Virgin, Supreme protector against the dangers of navigation. Two colourful local figures, Abbés Jean-Baptiste and Élie Gabarra, successive parish priests, encouraged these cultu(r) practices until the 1930s.