Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle de Kermaria-an'Isquit
Plouha, Côtes-d'Armor, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle de Kermaria-an'Isquit (cad. YM 23, 24) : classement par arrêté du 6 juillet 1907
- Protection dates
- 1907/07/06 : classé MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 13e siècle, 15e siècle
- Dates
- 1240, 1470
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Plouha
- Département
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.68496, -2.97570
- Mérimée reference
- PA00089487
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 4: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle fondée en 1240, agrandie au 15e siècle et remaniée au 16e et 18e siècle. L'édifice est précédé d'un porche orné intérieurement de sculptures (apôtres). A l'intérieur, se trouve une danse macabre peinte vers 1470-1480. Dans les écoinçons, des représentations de prophètes complètent l'ensemble.
English translation
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History
Chapel founded in 1240, enlarged in the 15th century and modified in the 16th and 18th centuries. The building is preceded by a porch ornamented internally with sculptures (apostles). Inside is found a danse macabre painted around 1470-1480. In the spandrels, representations of prophets complete the whole.
Nearby in the register
- Croix du 18e sièclecroix de cheminunder 1 mi
- Manoir de la Noë Vertemanoir2 mi
- Croix du 17e siècle dite Croix de la Sauraiecroix de chemin2 mi
- Église Saint-Loupéglise2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.