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Église Saint-Sauveur

Le Faou, Finistère, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. 1999 AE 20) : inscription par arrêté du 3 juin 1932
Protection dates
1932/06/03 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
16e siècle, 17e siècle
Dates
1593, 1613, 1629, 1630
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue de la Grève ; rue du Général-de-Gaulle
Commune
Le Faou
Département
Finistère
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.29573, -4.18129
Mérimée reference
PA00089925

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 3: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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L'église se compose d'une nef, d'un large transept double, d'un chevet à trois pans et pignons. Au sud, un grand porche porte les dates de 1593 et 1613. Le clocher, ajouré et allongé, est amorti par un dôme à lanternon et porte les dates de 1629, 1630, 1634 et 1640.

English translation

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The church comprises a nave, a wide double transept, a chevet with three sides and gables. To the south, a great porch bears the dates 1593 and 1613. The bell tower, perforated and elongated, is finished by a dome with lantern and bears the dates 1629, 1630, 1634 and 1640.

Nearby in the register

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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