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Oratoire

Plougasnou, Finistère, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
Oratoire (cad. B 1099) : classement par arrêté du 8 octobre 1910
Protection dates
1910/10/08 : classé MH
Type
oratoire
Main period of construction
1er quart 17e siècle
Dates
1611
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
Plougasnou
Département
Finistère
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.69579, -3.78568
Mérimée reference
PA00090238

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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

Edicule édifié en 1611, comprenant en façade une ouverture en plein cintre surmontée d'un fronton courbe avec antéfixe. Sur les côtés, un soubassement galbé porte des pilastres et des cariatides qui soutiennent un entablement. L'édifice est couvert par une voûte en berceau ogival dont la poussée est maintenue par deux sortes de poutres ou d'entraits en granit faisant saillie à l'extérieur.

English translation

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Small building erected in 1611, comprising on the façade an opening with a round arch surmounted by a curved pediment with antefix. On the sides, a curved base carries pilasters and caryatids which support an entablature. The building is covered by an ogival barrel vault whose thrust is maintained by two types of beams or tie-beams in granite projecting outward.

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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