Pimbo

Pimbo is a common French, located in the department of the Landes and the area Aquitaine.

The toponym results in Thym into Gascon.

Geography

The village overhangs the valley of the Gabas, in the area of the Tursan (South-eastern of the Moors).

The Pilgrimage of Compostelle

On the Via Podiensis of the Pilgrimage of Saint-Jacques-to-Compostelle. One comes from Miramont-Sensacq, the next commune is Morlanne.

History

The tradition allots the foundation of the Collégiale to Charlemagne in 778. There were very early Bénédictin S. The December 15th 1268, a contract of paréage was signed between the Abbé Arnaud de Sanguinet and five canons of collegial of Pimbo, on the one hand, and Thomas d' Ypergrave seneshal of Gascogne, representing of the King-Duke Henri III of England, on the other hand. This contract of the foundation of oldest the country house landaise envisages also the construction of a castle on a ground given by the abbot. There were then three churches, Holy-Marie-Madeleine, Notre-Dame and St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, collegial which, only, remains. The first known document is the contract of Paréage, of 1268, characteristic of the foundations of the country house S. It shares the rights on a stronghold between two lords (a monk and laic generally). In exchange of the rights of justice and land rights shared between the two lords, the new inhabitants profit from a religious protection from Collegial and soldier from the Château. Indeed, the purpose of the creation of English or French country houses, political phenomenon of XIIIe and the 14th century of the south-west of France, is the establishment of inhabitants who see themselves allotted many advantages guaranteed by the granting of a habit (rights of the inhabitants inside a city). If the majority of these new cities, that are the country houses, have a regular orthogonal plan, some of enters have to adapt to the configurations of the ground or the presence of an old borough. It is the case with Pimbo, country house-street, built on a narrow peak allowing the construction of a single street connecting the Collegial one to what was the castle.

Administration

Demography

Places and monuments

A Half-timbered house, furnished with stone and Cob. At the western end of the village, an enclosure 20 m in diameter, slope of an old fortification.

Religious buildings

Collegial St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre.

In spite of many destruction and restorations, it still preserves an interesting carved decoration of the end of XIIe century, in particular modillons them Chevet roman.
The interior, in cradle, more suffered, as well of the Protestants in XVIe century, as of work of fortification in XIVe century, and of the replacement of the stones eroded by a decoration of stucco since. One can see there a Crucifix of wood XVIIe century and two Statue S of Saint Marc and holy Barthélémy. The Gate carved fine XIIe century. It opens into advanced with a small roof, on a powerful pinion wall openwork of two arcades carrying two Cloche S, and capped covered way.
A naive decoration and wrongfully primitive juxtapose discs of pace Celtique, pine cones, and characters sitted and sometimes intertwined.

Twinnings

district locality the Roadway (Neuweg)

See too

Common of the Moors
Tourism in the Moors

External bonds

Site of the festival Committee of Pimbo employers' Festivals: August 24th
Tourism in Pimbo
Ways of Jacques Saint in the Moors
Ways of Jacques Saint in Aquitaine
Pimbo on the site of Plane INSEE
of Pimbo on Mapquest

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