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Église Saint-Gildas

Magoar, Côtes-d'Armor, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 382) : classement par arrêté du 7 janvier 1929
Protection dates
1929/01/07 : classé MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
Magoar
Département
Côtes-d'Armor
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.39721, -3.18822
Mérimée reference
PA00089322

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1786 map "Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Edifice des 16e et 17e siècles, comprenant une nef et un seul bas-côté auxquels s'ajoutent clocher, porche d'entrée, ossuaire, fonts baptismaux et chapelle seigneuriale. A l'intérieur, la charpente apparente lambrissée forme voûte. Les sablières sont sculptées et les entraits de ferme moulurés. A l'extérieur, la disposition spéciale du plan est accusée, donnant des façades mouvementées avec pignons décorés de crochets, de chimères, de fleurons.

English translation

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Building of the 16th and 17th centuries, comprising a nave and a single aisle to which are added bell tower, entrance porch, ossuary, baptismal fonts and seigneurial chapel. On the interior, the exposed wainscoted roof structure forms a vault. The ceiling boards are sculpted and the roof tie-beams are moulded. On the exterior, the special disposition of the plan is emphasized, giving façades with movement with gables decorated with crockets, chimeras, fleurons.

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Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.

Base Mérimée, Ministère de la Culture, data last updated 2026-09-17, reused under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab). Record text is reproduced unchanged. Ministère de la Culture · Licence Ouverte 2.0
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