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Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste

Le Croisty, Morbihan, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Eglise (cad. B 692) : inscription par arrêté du 28 décembre 1984
Protection dates
1984/12/28 : inscrit MH
Type
église
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 16e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
le Bourg
Commune
Le Croisty
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.06459, -3.36353
Mérimée reference
PA00091169

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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1708 map "Le Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

L'origine du Croisty serait due aux Templiers. L'église aurait été construite aux 15e et 16e siècles. C'est un édifice en croix latine, à chevet plat. Trois constructions s'adossent au mur de la nef : l'ossuaire, ajouré de trois baies en anse de panier ; le porche ouvert d'une porte en plein cintre à nervures pénétrantes ; la sacristie. A l'est, le mur pignon à rampants assisés et sommés d'une croix comporte des pierres d'assise sculptées de têtes humaines. Une baie en arc brisé à remplage composé de quatre lancettes trilobées et de lobes trilobés ouvre ce pignon. Le clocher a été entièrement reconstruit au début du 20e siècle, et enchassé dans les anciennes maçonneries. A l'intérieur, la voûte en berceau lambrissée comporte des sablières sculptées de scènes naïves.

English translation

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The origin of the Croisty would be due to the Templars. The church would have been built in the 15th and 16th centuries. It is a building in the form of a Latin cross, with a flat chevet. Three constructions are set against the wall of the nave: the ossuary, pierced by three openings in a basket handle; the porch open with a round arch door with penetrating ribs; the sacristy. To the east, the gable wall with rampant and buttressed courses topped with a cross comprises ashlar stones carved with human heads. An opening in a pointed arch with tracery composed of four trilobed lancets and trilobed lobes opens this gable. The bell tower was entirely rebuilt in the early 20th century, and set within the old masonry. Inside, the barrel vault covered with boarding comprises sill-beams sculpted with naive scenes.

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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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