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Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Joies

Guimaëc, Finistère, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle (cad. E 195) : classement par arrêté du 17 mars 1916
Protection dates
1916/03/17 : classé MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Guimaëc
Département
Finistère
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.66886, -3.67580
Mérimée reference
PA00089994

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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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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'intérieur est orné de peintures exécutées sur lambris ainsi que sur l'encadrement de la fenêtre du chevet. Elles datent des 16e et 17e siècles et représentent : Adam et Eve, Saint-Michel, Naissance de la Vierge, Annonciation, Visitation, Présentation au Temple, Jésus parmi les docteurs, Assomption. Sur le soubassement du maître-autel est représentée la Nativité et, sur des socles de chaque côté, les stigmates de Saint-François et un donateur. Les deux autels latéraux présentent également des soubassements peints.

English translation

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The interior is adorned with paintings executed on wainscoting as well as on the frame of the chevet window. They date from the 16th and 17th centuries and represent: Adam and Eve, Saint Michael, Birth of the Virgin, Annunciation, Visitation, Presentation at the Temple, Jesus among the doctors, Assumption. On the substructure of the high altar is represented the Nativity and, on bases on each side, the stigmata of Saint Francis and a donor. The two lateral altars also present painted substructures.

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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