Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle de la Madeleine
Penmarch, Finistère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle de la Madeleine (cad. D2 558) : classement par arrêté du 20 juillet 1956
- Protection dates
- 1956/07/20 : classé MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- la Madeleine
- Commune
- Penmarch
- Département
- Finistère
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.82543, -4.32298
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090148
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IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — Géoportail
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1750 map "Composite 7: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancienne léproserie présentant un ensemble de constructions des 15e et 16e siècles. La chapelle primitive se trouve dans la partie occidentale. L'abside entrait dans la partie Est de la chapelle actuelle. Le haut de la chapelle est un ajout du 16e siècle. Le pignon ouest est surmonté d'un clocher à jour, terminé par une flèche, et dont l'accès s'effectue par des escaliers extérieurs.
English translation
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History
Former leper house presenting an ensemble of buildings from the 15th and 16th centuries. The primitive chapel is found in the western part. The apse was part of the eastern portion of the present chapel. The upper part of the chapel is an addition of the 16th century. The west gable is surmounted by an open-work bell tower, finished by a spire, and whose access is effected by external staircases.
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