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Ruines de la chapelle de la Madeleine

Malestroit, Morbihan, France

The record

Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
Protection
inscrit MH
Extent of protection
Chapelle de la Madeleine (ruines) (cad. AN 220) : inscription par arrêté du 20 décembre 1934
Protection dates
1934/12/20 : inscrit MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
Moyen Age, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Lieu-dit
faubourg de la Madeleine
Commune
Malestroit
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
47.81255, -2.37739
Mérimée reference
PA00091417

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David 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).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Le plan devait comprendre une nef avec le pignon sud, une abside ronde en grande partie démolie. Les deux arcades aveugles supportées au milieu par une console semblent des arcades de mâchicoulis. Ce pignon est d'époque romane. Le clocher semble avoir été ajouté au 17e ou 18e siècle. La porte entre les deux gros contreforts, avec un premier arc en tiers-point inscrit en retrait dans un arc plein-cintre, fait penser à une entrée de forteresse.

English translation

The text above is the record as published by the Ministère de la Culture, in French. The English below is a machine translation made by TreeAlive, not by the Ministère de la Culture; it has not been checked by a person. Where the two differ, the original is the record. Report a translation error: privacy@treealive.com

The plan was to comprise a nave with the south gable, a round apse largely demolished. The two blind arcades supported in the middle by a console appear to be machicolation arcades. This gable is of Romanesque date. The bell tower appears to have been added in the 17th or 18th century. The door between the two large buttresses, with a first pointed arch inscribed in recession within a round arch, suggests an entrance to a fortress.

Nearby in the register

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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