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Chapelle de la Madeleine de Tardets
Tardets-Sorholus
Dimensions
795 m above sea level, panorama over the Pyrenean range
Period
Building of 1894 on an earlier site of worship
What stands there
1 chapel, former Roman temple on the same site
Built in the 19th century on the site of a Roman temple (of which a cippus bearing Latin inscriptions survives), this chapel once marked the pilgrim routes to Compostela. It drew two quite distinct publics: young women in search of a husband, and the mentally ill who came seeking a cure. Processions are still held here every year on the feast of Saint Mary Magdalene (22 July).
Getting there : Free access, 7 km from the square in Tardets, on foot or by car
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound

Nearby
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- NavarrenxBastide (planned town) · Navarrenx · 21 km
- Chapelle Saint-Nicolas d'HarambeltzChapel · Ostabat-Asme · 22 km
- Pic d'Orhy, lieu du sabbatSacred mountain · Larrau · 22 km
- Sanctuaire Notre-Dame de SarranceMonastery / hospice · Sarrance · 23 km
- Pic d'Anie, le domaine de JaunagorriSacred mountain · Lées-Athas · 25 km
This place in the great stories
- Mary Magdalene: from the Gospel to Provence, from Vézelay to Saint-MaximinHomily of Gregory the Great in 591; Vézelay custodian of the body c. 1037; Golden Legend…