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Ancien couvent des Ursulines

Le Faouët, Morbihan, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
La chapelle ; le portail nord (cad. AC 482, 483) : inscription par arrêté du 3 décembre 1987
Protection dates
1987/12/03 : inscrit MH
Type
couvent
Main period of construction
17e siècle, 18e siècle, 19e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Commune
Le Faouët
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
48.03184, -3.49040
Mérimée reference
PA00091193

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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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L'établissement a été fondé en 1658 par le baron du Faouet, Sébastien du Fresnay, seigneur de Coetcodu et son épouse, Anne Petau d'Immancheville. Les lettres de confirmation d'établissement et d'amortissement sont accordées en 1681 aux Ursulines pour le fonds où s'élèvent leur église, maisons, jardins et lieux claustraux. Le couvent comprend deux corps de logis principaux en équerre, avec galerie de cloître au rez-de-chaussée ; la chapelle occupe l'angle saillant, au nord-est. Un troisième logis ancien abritant autrefois les parloirs et le logis du chapelain se greffe au nord-ouest du bâtiment nord. Des bâtiments récents prolongent les logis anciens, à l'ouest et au sud.

English translation

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The establishment was founded in 1658 by the baron du Faouet, Sébastien du Fresnay, lord of Coetcodu and his wife, Anne Petau d'Immancheville. Letters of confirmation of establishment and mortmain are granted in 1681 to the Ursulines for the land where their church, houses, gardens and claustral buildings stand. The convent comprises two main residential blocks arranged in an L-shape, with a cloister gallery at ground level; the chapel occupies the projecting angle, to the north-east. A third old building formerly housing the parlours and the chaplain's lodging is attached to the north-west of the northern building. Recent buildings extend the old buildings to the west and south.

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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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