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Ancienne abbaye des Jacobins

Morlaix, Finistère, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé), in part
Protection
classé MH partiellement
Extent of protection
Ancienne église ; façades et toitures des bâtiments conventuels (cad. AV 145) : classement par arrêté du 4 novembre 1983
Protection dates
1983/11/04 : classé MH
Type
abbaye
Main period of construction
13e siècle, 14e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle
Dates
1238
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place des Jacobins
Commune
Morlaix
Département
Finistère
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.57679, -3.82450
Mérimée reference
PA00090124

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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'église a été construite au 13e siècle, vraisemblablement avec une seule nef terminée par un chevet plat à laquelle un bas-côté a été ajouté aux 14e et 15e siècles, puis un faux transept au 15e. Au 19e siècle, un plancher a été ajouté à l'intérieur. A l'est, le mur du chevet est percé par une grande baie en plein cintre du 15e siècle, subdivisée par une grande rose et huit petites baies. La façade sud a conservé ses fenêtres en tiers-point du 13e siècle. Les bâtiments conventuels se développent autour d'une cour implantée contre le mur sud de l'église.

English translation

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The church was built in the 13th century, presumably with a single nave terminated by a flat chevet to which an aisle was added in the 14th and 15th centuries, then a false transept in the 15th. In the 19th century, a floor was added inside. To the east, the wall of the chevet is pierced by a large round arch opening of the 15th century, subdivided by a large rose and eight small openings. The southern façade has retained its pointed arch windows of the 13th century. The conventional buildings develop around a courtyard set against the southern wall of the church.

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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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