Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle Saint-Nicolas
Gourin, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Saint-Nicolas (cad. AL 127) : inscription par arrêté du 24 avril 1925
- Protection dates
- 1925/04/24 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle, 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- Saint-Nicolas
- Commune
- Gourin
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.15638, -3.54709
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091207
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 1750 map "Composite 3: Carte de France." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle composée d'une nef à chevet polygonal et un bas-côté nord. Arcades sur piliers octogonaux et arcs ogivaux pour les bas-côtés. Voûte en bois. Petit clocher à jour. La façade présente de vieilles armoiries mutilées.
English translation
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History
Chapel composed of a nave with polygonal chevet and a north aisle. Arcades on octagonal pillars and pointed arches for the aisles. Wooden vault. Small open bell tower. The façade presents old damaged coat of arms.
Nearby in the register
- Chapelle Saint-Hervéchapelle1 mi
- Croix de Bouthirycroix monumentale3 mi
- Ossuaireossuaire3 mi
- Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Pauléglise3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.