Chapelle Saint-Jaoua et cimetière

English translation

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History

The church appears to have been built in the 15th century. It comprises a nave, two chapels forming a transept and a flat chevet, all covered with boarded vaults. The tie-beams are decorated with monstrous figures. The wall-plates are sculptured and decorated with heraldry. Inside is found a granite tomb with a recumbent figure representing Saint-Jaoua. The southern porch houses wooden statues representing the Evangelists surmounted by symbolic animals. The portal is surmounted by a gable with crockets and a small accolade door. To the west, an ossuary is built against the wall of the nave. The sacristy is an addition of the 17th century. Dating from the same period is the fountain situated to the west of the cemetery. The latter contains two calvaries, one from the 15th century, the other modern.