Ostabat-Asme

Ostabat-Asme , Izura-Azme in Basque, is a common French, located in the department of the Yrénées-Atlantiques and the area Aquitaine.

These two villages belong to the Oztibarre or Ostabarret, in the Basque province of Low-Navarre.

Geography

The common one belongs to the country of Ostabarret.
Its grounds are sprinkled by the Bidouze, affluent of the Adour.

Localities and variations

Communes bordering

The communes bordering are:

Lantabat in the west
Larceveau-Arros-Cibits and Juxue in the south
Arhansus in the east
Orsanco and Uhart-Mixes in north.

History

With the Middle Ages (as of the 10th century) Ostabat is an important locality because of the active passage of the pilgrims with Compostelle.
With crossed several ways of Saint-Jacques-of-Compostelle, was in the middle of a device toll collector. It there had in 1350, two hotels, two hospitals and of a score of inns and accepted up to five thousand pilgrims.

Set fire to during the wars of religion, Ostabat obtained Henri IV in 1607 the authorization to build markets and to hold a market as well as an annual fair, like “ main city of trade and passage of our known as Royaume of sovereign Navarre and Pais of Béarn ”.

The pilgrimage of Compostelle

On the Via Podiensis of the Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle.

One comes from Saint-Palate, the next commune is Arros, and the hamlet of Utziat, its priory-hospital dedicated to Nicolas saint.

At the entry of the village the old house “Ospitalia” joined again with its hospital tradition in the shape of a lodging of stage.

The crossroads of “Gibraltar”

Where the three ways meet.

Also called crossroads of Saint-Saver, it is located in the col of the hills of Saint-Saver and Soyarce. The vault of Elizafio rises close to the carrefour.
Announced since August 2nd, 1964, by a stele of orientation overcome by a " Stele discoïdale " frequent in the Basque cemeteries. It is the supposed point of meeting of the three ways, the Via Turonensis by Garis, the Via Lemovicensis by Sauveterre, and the Via Podiensis by Navarrenx.

Admittedly, Aimery Picaud, in the Guide of the Pilgrim wrote that they joined " AD hostavallam " , become “in Ostabat”, Gascon name meaning forms valley of Hozta , at Jeanne Vielliard. Dr. Clément Urrutibéhéty, having studied the layout on the ground, precisely points out that " ad" with the value of " vers". Thus “towards Ostabat”. In the same way, the ways Aragonese and Navarrese meet " AD pontem regine " , “towards Puente Reina”, makes some a little before Obanos.

The jacquets of the vias Lemovicensis and Turonensis had already gathered with Sauveterre-with-Béarn. But the jacquets which had taken the Via Tolosane could gain a few kilometers by taking a secondary way since Lacommande, and by the Hospital-Saint-Blaise to join the crossroads of Gibraltar.

The name of “Gibraltar”, Xibaltarre in Basque, is a frequent Toponyme in Basque Country which indicates a place of camping of Gipsies come from Andalusia. Some see in this case a deformation of the Basque Salbatore “Saver”, sanctuary of Saint-Saver, without relationship thus with the džabal Al-Ṭāriq.

Administration

The June 13rd 1841 the communes of Ostabat and Asme were joined together to form the current commune.

Demography

The census in tax matter of 1412-1413, carried out on order of Charles III of Navarre, compared with that of 1551 of the men and the weapons which are in this kingdom of Navarre of in on this side the ports , reveals a demography in strong growth. The first indicates to Asme the presence of 10 fires, the second of 33 fires.

Monuments

Civil inheritance

Castle of Laxague (14th century)
House strong, known as castle of Latsaga (S)

Remainders of rampart destroyed in 1228 by Sanche the Fort, king de Navarre are visible in the south-western angle of the city.

Religious heritage

the vault Saint Nicolas of Myre (11th century)
With the crossroads of the ways jacquaires coming from Turns, Limoges and of Puy, it was the vault of a hospital for pilgrims. A beautiful Romance door opens on a marvellous decoration of murals and carved woodworks of the 18th century.

The priory old people's home of Harambeltz

The hamlet has a vault, single vestige of the priory-hospital independent of any religious order, is dedicated to Nicolas saint, owner of the travellers.
It contains a painted retable of the 17th century, a beautiful statue of the apostle and a curious relief of wood representing the Virgin trônant on a trunk. To notice, chrism of the 11th century above the door, surmounted of a Maltese cross and a star with five branches, as well as the porch under which the pilgrims rested.

The Basque history is characterized by its donats, communities laic and family whose members were dedicated to the priory and the hospital and were bound by minor wishes: obedience, poverty and chastity in the event of widowhood. Within the framework of their engagements, the donats which worked on the order of the prior put at the service pèlerins.
Harambeltz and Utxiat sheltered important priories medieval hospitals whose organization rested on the donats.
Since the closing of the hospital of Harambeltz, by Louis XVI in 1784, four families of donats were instituted owners of the vault which they dealt with from generation to generation. Their descendants live still today in the houses close to the vault. Joint owners of the vault, they ensure the entretien.
jointly of it The succession was reserved for elder boys, “ the masle excluding the female ”, with the manner of the noble houses basic Navarre, and, for lack of boy to the girl who ensured her husband the load of donat. In turn the housewives take care of the cleanliness of the building and the objects of culte.
The close home of a family of donat carries on her frontage an inscription of the 18th century mentioning the construction of their house in 984 and its rebuilding in 1786, two years after the suppression of the hospitals and the donats into Low Navarre.

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