Chapelle Saint-Pierre avec son calvaire et son placître

English translation

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History

The chapel is located at the bottom of a valley, approximately 2.5 km from the town of Plogonnec. It is reached by the road from this town to Juch. It is a fine, very regular building of the 16th century, in the form of a Latin cross, entirely in magnificent ashlar stone. The bell tower, in the form of a lantern with three domes, belongs to the Renaissance genre and is of fairly careful decoration. It is accompanied by a free-standing turret, which a footbridge connects to the platform, at the angles of which appear granite cannons. The door with a triangular pediment is flanked by two fluted Ionic columns, having a leafy drum which rests on a square base. The chapel is particularly rich in precise inscriptions. Succeeding a sanctuary fallen into ruins (near which subsists the chaplain's house with a two-centred arch door, bearing the date of 1570) is found the building, whose construction, begun in 1588, continued at various dates attested by inscriptions. The essential part is from the late 16th century and the beginning of the following century, certain additions or restorations dating from 1674 (north façade, sacristy) and 1759-1765 (turret and dome). The high altar, from the 18th century, is in granite. It is decorated with friezes of egg-and-dart cut by human heads, little angels carrying bouquets of flowers and two graceful female figures, one fair, the other dark, with accentuated breast, elegantly draped in the Jewish manner, the head covered with a veil, and swinging wooden censers. The whole of the sablières is entirely sculpted and the exposed shoes of the roof structure of the transept crossing represent the four Evangelists. This ensemble is quite unique in the region.