St. Martin's Church, Ahetze
# St. Martin's Church, Ahetze

St. Martin's Church is a Roman Catholic parish church in Ahetze, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, France. It is dedicated to Saint Martin of Tours. It was registered as an official Historical Monument on June 5, 1973.

## Description

St. Martin Church is located at a crossing point of the Way of St. James. Its construction started in the 16th century. It contains an 18th-century wooden statue of St. James in pilgrim clothing, an 18th-century statue of the Assumption of Mary, an 18th-century altarpiece and a 15th-century processional cross. The arms of this cross are garnished with small bells. During a witch trial in 1609, this cross was considered as a diabolical object by Councillor Pierre de Lancre.

The cemetery of the church features a disc-shaped stele [fr]. Another stele from Ahetze is exhibited at the Basque Museum, Bayonne [es; eu; fr].

* The church
* The bell tower seen from the village
* The bell tower
* The apse
* The entrance of the church
* The altar with Jesus Christ and two pilgrims
* Detail of the altarpiece: the Annunciation
* The Notre-Dame du Scapulaire, Mater purissima stained-glass window
* A disc-shaped stele
* The choir of the church
