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Chapelle des Ursulines

Quintin, Côtes-d'Armor, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle des Ursulines (cad. C 434) : inscription par arrêté du 14 mai 1986
Protection dates
1986/05/14 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
1ère moitié 18e siècle
Ownership
propriété privée
Commune
Quintin
Département
Côtes-d'Armor
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.40577, -2.91009
Mérimée reference
PA00089551

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1706 map "La Bretagne" (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cette communauté fut fondée en 1707 par le duc de Lorges. Les premières religieuses, arrivées à Quintin le 20 mai 1707, s'établirent provisoirement rue Saint-Thuriau ; un terrain fut ensuite acheté près de la chapelle Saint-Yves : la terre de Bel-Orient et le Clos des Forges. Les premières constructions débutèrent en 1711. Le 23 mars 1730, eut lieu la pose solennelle de la première pierre du choeur des religieuses ; la construction de l'église extérieure, achevée en 1736, avait suivi celle du choeur. Pendant la Terreur, on y plaça en résidence surveillée tous les membres supposés hostiles à la Révolution, tandis que les religieuses étaient enfermées au château. Le couvent, fermé à partir de 1904, devint bien national l'année suivante. C'est ainsi que la ville de Quintin, devenue propriétaire, transforma les bâtiments en logements et écoles.

English translation

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This community was founded in 1707 by the Duke of Lorges. The first nuns, who arrived at Quintin on 20 May 1707, settled provisionally on rue Saint-Thuriau; land was subsequently purchased near the chapel Saint-Yves: the land of Bel-Orient and the Clos des Forges. The first constructions began in 1711. On 23 March 1730, the solemn laying of the first stone of the nuns' choir took place; the construction of the external church, completed in 1736, had followed that of the choir. During the Reign of Terror, all members supposedly hostile to the Revolution were placed there under house arrest, while the nuns were confined to the château. The convent, closed from 1904, became national property the following year. Thus the town of Quintin, which had become owner, transformed the buildings into dwellings and schools.

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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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