Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle Saint-Christophe
Lorient, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Saint-Christophe (cad. AW 1) : inscription par arrêté du 12 novembre 1934
- Protection dates
- 1934/11/12 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- Saint-Christophe
- Commune
- Lorient
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.76008, -3.36430
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091409
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 LibrariesUniversity Library, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "7me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Chapelle avec chevet à trois pans comprenant un seul bras de croix vers le nord, qui a été allongé au 19e siècle et transformé en collatéral. Au nord, un soubassement ancien indique la place d'un transept ou d'une sacristie. Le pignon ouest présente une particularité curieuse avec un renforcement de mur reposant sur deux colonnes engagées et un double arc.
English translation
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History
Chapel with three-sided chevet comprising a single arm of the cross towards the north, which was lengthened in the 19th century and transformed into a side aisle. To the north, an old base indicates the place of a transept or a sacristy. The west gable presents a curious feature with a wall reinforcement resting on two engaged columns and a double arch.
Nearby in the register
- Maisonmaisonunder 1 mi
- Préfecture maritimepréfecture1 mi
- Monument expiatoiremonument2 mi
- Baraque de type canadien implantée dans la cité de l'habitat provisoire de Soyehabitat2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.