Guided tour of the Capbreton church: architecture and decor

Name: Visita guiada a la iglesia de Capbretón: arquitectura y decoración
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).

Sábado 16 septiembre 2023, 09:00, 14:00, 16:00Passed

Herramientas de registro

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).

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.