Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle de la Riaye
Ménéac, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
- Protection
- inscrit MH partiellement
- Extent of protection
- Le porche (cad. YS 17) : inscription par arrêté du 9 décembre 1929
- Protection dates
- 1929/12/09 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- la Riaye
- Commune
- Ménéac
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 48.13307, -2.39268
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091441
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 1708 map "Le Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Ancienne petite chapelle castrale dont le porche est la partie la plus intéressante. La charpente est supportée par des piliers en pierre. Tirant avec figures grimaçantes. La sablière, vers le nord, est ornée d'un écusson, d'une tête de mort et de deux tibias. Vers le sud, la sablière contient des rubans et une inscription.
English translation
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History
Former small castle chapel whose porch is the most interesting part. The roof structure is supported by stone pillars. Tie-beam with grimacing figures. The wall-plate, towards the north, is ornamented with an escutcheon, a death's head and two tibias. Towards the south, the wall-plate contains ribbons and an inscription.