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Melrand : Chapel of Locmaria and its fountain

Morbihan

Reference

PA00091437

Latitude

47.99139

Longitude

-3.09444

Address

5126 Locmaria 56310 Melrand

Construction era

16e siècle

Protection date

1928/09/25 : classé MH ; 1945/07/10 : classé MH

Protection cause

Fontaine (cad. ZH 87, 79) : classement par arrêté du 25 septembre 1928 ; Chapelle (cad. ZH 87, 79) : classement par arrêté du 10 juillet 1945

Description

Latin cross chapel, made of granite and covered with a wooden vault. It has an entrance porch with double doors on the southern gable of the transept. The stained glass windows date from the 16th century. The bell tower sports an octagonal arrow, decorated with small bells on columns above the gallery. La Fontaine, dated 1574, is a granite building located in the center of a small enclosure delimited by four walls. It includes a niche from which the water springs, framed by a gable decorated with hooks and flagships, surmounted by a cross.

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