Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle Saint-Méen
La Chapelle-Caro, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Saint-Méen (cad. A 903) : inscription par arrêté du 17 septembre 1973
- Protection dates
- 1973/09/17 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 17e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- Saint-Méen
- Commune
- La Chapelle-Caro
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.87971, -2.39835
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091149
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Carte de l'Evesche de Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Edifice caractéristique des petites chapelles du sud-est du Morbihan. Plan rectangulaire, avec un seul bras au nord. Petit appareil irrégulier de schiste. Façade ouest percée d'une porte en plein cintre à claveaux de schiste disposés en éventail. Chevet plat percé d'une fenêtre en arc brisé et remplage dessinant un losange.
English translation
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History
Building characteristic of the small chapels of south-east Morbihan. Rectangular plan, with a single arm to the north. Small irregular schist coursing. West façade pierced by a round arch door with schist voussoirs arranged in a radiating pattern. Flat chevet pierced by a pointed arch window with tracery drawing a lozenge.
Nearby in the register
- Calvaire du 16e sièclecalvaire monumental1 mi
- Tumulus avec dolmentumulus1 mi
- Croix de chemincroix de chemin1 mi
- Château et parc de la Haute-Touchechâteau1 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.