Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur
Saint-Alban, Côtes-d'Armor, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur (cad. ZH 64) : classement par arrêté du 23 février 1912
- Protection dates
- 1912/02/23 : classé MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 14e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Saint-Alban
- Département
- Côtes-d'Armor
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.56187, -2.50537
- Mérimée reference
- PA00089579
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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
Edifice du 14e siècle dont la nef, couverte par une voûte en bois, est précédée d'un porche qui paraît être demeuré inachevé et qui, d'après les dimensions des piliers d'angle, était destiné sans doute à supporter un haut clocher. L'escalier du clocher devait donner accès, par un passage ajouré porté sur deux arcatures, à une tribune placée à l'intérieur, qui devait servir à un seigneur local. Suivant la tradition, cette chapelle aurait été construite par un chevalier de Malte.
English translation
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History
Structure of the 14th century whose nave, covered by a wooden vault, is preceded by a porch which appears to have remained unfinished and which, according to the dimensions of the corner pillars, was presumably intended to support a tall bell tower. The bell tower staircase was to give access, by an openwork passage borne on two arcatures, to a gallery placed inside, which was to serve a local lord. According to tradition, this chapel would have been built by a Knight of Malta.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.