Bastide de Pimbo

Legend attributes the foundation of a first Benedictine monastery to Charlemagne in 777 "Sainte-Marie-de-Pendulo", mentioned in the 11th century. This monastery was pillaged and sacked and was replaced in the 12th century by the collegiate church of Saint Bartholomew, which co-founded the bastide
Pimbo is the oldest bastide of the Landes founded in 1268, by an act of parage between the abbot of the collegiate church and the seneschal of Gascony, acting on behalf of Henry III, King of England - Duke of Aquitaine
Located in Tursan on the last foothills of the Pyrenees, the village is built along a ridge. This strategic location made it possible to monitor and defend Bearn and the surrounding area. Here, the bastide adapts to the natural configuration of the site: it is a bastide-street, framed by the collegiate church on one side and the fortified castle built for the occasion at the oth

• Type: Rural heritage

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