A trinitarian steeple is a 3-point steeple typical of the province of Soule of Basque Country in France. The three points symbolize the Holy Trinity. [1]
The steeple is generally located above the facade, which is flat. For that reason, it is sometimes called steeple-wall.
Villages with a trinitarian steeple building include the following:
Soule is a former viscounty and French province and part of the present-day Pyrénées-Atlantiques département. It is divided into two cantons of the arrondissement (district) of Oloron-Sainte-Marie, and a part of the canton of Saint Palais.
Arrieta is a town and municipality located in the province of Biscay, in the Basque Country, Spain. Arrieta is part of the comarca of Mungialdea. It had a population of 552 inhabitants as of 2007, and a population of 564 inhabitants as of 2017.
Aussurucq is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Berrogain-Laruns is a commune of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in southwestern France.
Viodos-Abense-de-Bas is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Gotein-Libarrenx is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France. It is located in the former province of Soule. The steeple of the church is a trinitarian one.
Charritte-de-Bas is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
The arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie is an arrondissement of France in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region. It has 155 communes. Its population is 72,504 (2016), and its area is 2,828.2 km2 (1,092.0 sq mi).
The Col d'Aubisque is a mountain pass in the Pyrenees 30 km (19 mi) south of Tarbes and Pau in the department of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques, in the Aquitaine region of France.
The Gave d'Ossau is the torrential river flowing through the Ossau Valley, one of the three main valleys of the High-Béarn (Pyrénées-Atlantiques), in the Southwest of France.
Arudy is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of south-western France.
Arette is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern France. It is located in the arrondissement of Oloron-Sainte-Marie and the canton of Oloron-Sainte-Marie-1.
Agnos is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region in southwestern France. Agnos is part of the urban area of Oloron-Sainte-Marie.
Allos is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region of southeastern France.
Laruns is a commune in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department in south-western France.
Route nationale 618 or RN 618 was a French national road linking Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Argelès-sur-Mer. En route it crossed many of the famous passes in the Pyrenees, immortalized by the Tour de France; hence its name was the "Route of the Pyrénées". In 1970, the road was down-graded and is now the RD 918 from Saint-Jean-de-Luz to Arreau and the RD 618 from Arreau to Argelès Plage.
The Col du Pourtalet, El Portalet or Portalet d'Aneu is a mountain pass and border crossing in the Pyrenees, between France and Spain. The pass reaches an elevation of 1,794 m (5,886 ft), and links the Ossau and Tena valleys.
Jean-Philippe de Bela, known as chevalier de Bela, OSL was a French-Basque military figure and writer in basque language, born at Mauléon, Soule. Among his works, he wrote L'histoire des basques and also Histoire générale de la nation basque, where he compares the Basque dialects from France with those of Guipúzcoa and Álava.
The communauté d'agglomération du Pays Basque, is the agglomeration community, an intercommunal structure, centred on the cities of Bayonne and Biarritz. Also referred to as the French Basque Country, or Northern Basque Country, it is located in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region, southwestern France.
The canton of Montagne Basque is an administrative division of the Pyrénées-Atlantiques department, southwestern France. It was created at the French canton reorganisation which came into effect in March 2015. Its seat is in Mauléon-Licharre.