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English: The tribune of the chapel of Our Lady of Pouey-Laun in the Hautes-Pyrenees department of France. The chapel is at Arrens-Marsous. It is known as the Golden or Gilded Chapel because of its three gilded retables and other decor.

The tribune is unusual in that it has three levels.

The French name of the chapel is La Chapelle de Notre-Dame de Pouey-Laun.

The chapel was classified as a Historic Monument in September 1954. It is almost a compulsory visit for anyone passing through the spectacular Azun Valley. The key is available at the Tourism Office in Arrens-Marsous.

The chapel is of uncertain origins, but there is more than one legend. The leaflet available in the chapel mentions a statue in a great light; Wikipedia claims an apparition of the Virgin led to its foundation.

Earliest mention of the chapel is in a will dated 1449, which apparently left money for the upkeep of the building. Such funds were needed most just over 200 years later; an earthquake, on 21 June 1660, did great damage. However, the plague had preceded the earthquake, leaving 1300 villagers dead in its wake. So many years passed until Arrens could set about the restoration.

Here is some more of the history:

Being on one of the Compostela pilgrimage routes, the oratory was transformed into a church in 1717 to cope with the increasing numbers of pilgrims. During the Revolution, the building was used as a barracks and then sold as national property in 1795. The church was reopened in 1808 following the intervention of Hortense de Beauharnais to the Emperor to celebrate an anniversary mass on 5 May, in memory of his deceased eldest son Napoleon Louis Charles Bonaparte.

During the War of Independence between France and Spain (1812-13), the sanctuary was transformed again into barracks.

After the Great War, a sanatorium was opened here, in the premises of the former novitiate of the Missionaries of the Immaculate Conception (Fathers of Notre-Dame-de-Garaison). In 1973, the sanatorium converted into today's medical institute.
Français : Chapelle Notre-Dame de Pouey-Laün (la Chapelle Dorée), Arrens-Marsous, Hautes-Pyrénées : le tribune

La chapelle est connue comme la chapelle d'or en raison des retables. Il est à la périphérie de Arrens-Marsous, un charmant village à une altitude de 720 mètres et plus dans les Pyrénées.

La chapelle est d'origine incertaine, mais il ya plus d'une légende. La brochure disponible dans la chapelle parle une statue dans une grande lumière; Wikipedia parle une apparition de la Vierge a mené à sa création.

Première mention de la chapelle se trouve dans un testament daté 1449, qui a apparemment laissé de l'argent pour l'entretien de l'immeuble. Ces fonds ont été utiles un peu plus de 200 ans plus tard, un tremblement de terre, le 21 Juin 1660, a fait beaucoup de dégâts. Cependant, la peste avait précédé le tremblement de terre, laissant 1300 morts villageois dans son sillage. Tant d'années passé jusqu'à Arrens pourrait commencer la restauration.

Situé sur la via Tolosane des chemins de Compostelle, l'oratoire est transformé en une église en 1717 du fait de l'affluence des pèlerins de plus en plus nombreux. Lors de la Révolution, le bâtiment est utilisé comme caserne, puis vendu comme bien national en 1795. L'église est rouverte en 1808, à la suite de l’intervention d’Hortense de Beauharnais auprès de l’Empereur pour célébrer une messe anniversaire le 5 mai, en mémoire de son fils ainé décédé Napoléon Louis Charles Bonaparte.

C’est l’évêque de Tarbes, Mgr Laurence, qui entreprit la restauration et confia la gestion aux pères de Garaison, comme à Héas.

Entre 1812 et 1813 au cours de la Guerre d'indépendance espagnole qui opposa la France et l'Espagne, le sanctuaire se transforme à nouveau en caserne. En 1856, les Pères de Notre-Dame-de-Garaison ouvrent un collège qui donna au diocèse une cinquantaine de prêtres.

Un sanatorium est ouvert après la guerre de 1914-1918 dans les locaux de l’ancien noviciat des Missionnaires de l’Immaculée Conception (Pères de Notre-Dame-de-Garaison) puis transformé en 1973, en institut médical.
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