La Bastide-de-Besplas
La Bastide-de-Besplas
In the Ariège Volvestre, on the borders of the Haute-Garonne, La Bastide-de-Besplas is a former bastide created in 1249, whose very name tells its origin: "Besplas", of uncertain etymology, is generally connected with "belles plaines". The texts name neither the founder nor the terms of the foundation; only the date of 1249 is established, which places the village in the first wave of the bastides of the South-West, a few years before those of the count of Foix at Mazères or at La Bastide-de-Sérou. The village preserves a religious heritage of the early modern period: the chapel of Notre-Dame-du-Bout-du-Pont, also called Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs, raised in 1663, whose interior and baroque retable are inscribed as monuments historiques, and the church of Saint-André. The château de Baillard completes the group.
Further reading
Getting there : Free access to the village and to the surroundings of the chapel.
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
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Nearby
- Montesquieu-VolvestreBastide (planned town) · Montesquieu-Volvestre · 5.9 km
- Cathédrale de la Nativité-de-Marie de Rieux-VolvestreCathedral · Rieux-Volvestre · 12 km
- Le Mas-d'AzilBastide (planned town) · Le Mas-d'Azil · 12 km
- Bastide du PlanBastide (planned town) · Le Plan · 13 km
- Bastide de CarbonneBastide (planned town) · Carbonne · 15 km
- Bastide de Plaisance (Gabre)Bastide (planned town) · Gabre · 15 km
In the same department
All places — Ariège (25).