Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Ruines de la tour de Saint-Guénolé
Penmarch, Finistère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, classified (classé)
- Protection
- classé MH
- Extent of protection
- Tour de Saint-Guénolé (cad. AO 314) : classement par arrêté du 7 février 1916
- Protection dates
- 1916/02/07 : classé MH
- Type
- édifice fortifié
- Main period of construction
- 4e quart 15e siècle
- Dates
- 1488
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- rue Pierre-Sémard ; rue Frédéric-Jolliot-Curie
- Commune
- Penmarch
- Département
- Finistère
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.81750, -4.36899
- Mérimée reference
- PA00090159
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
IGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
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
La tour inachevée est l'unique reste de l'église achevée en 1488.
English translation
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History
The unfinished tower is the only remaining part of the church completed in 1488.
Nearby in the register
- Menhir anthropomorphique de Kerdevalmenhirunder 1 mi
- Chapelle de Notre-Dame-de-la-Joiechapelleunder 1 mi
- Grange à dîmes de Pors-Lambertgrange aux dîmes1 mi
- Phares de la pointe de Penmarc'hphare1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.