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Chapelle de Locmaria

Nostang, Morbihan, France

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Designation
Historic monument, classified (classé)
Protection
classé MH
Extent of protection
La chapelle en totalité (cad. D 13) : classement par arrêté du 29 avril 2005
Protection dates
2005/04/29 : classé MH
Type
chapelle
Main period of construction
15e siècle, 17e siècle
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
rue de la Côte
Commune
Nostang
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
47.74927, -3.17810
Mérimée reference
PA00091465

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1773 map "7me. Carte Particuliere des Costes de Bretagne." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Ancienne aumônerie de l'ordre de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem dépendant de Merlevenez au 12e siècle, la chapelle devient possession de l'abbaye Notre-Dame de la Joie au 13e siècle. L'édifice est reconstruit au 15e siècle. De plan en Tau, l'édifice se compose de deux nefs désaxées, séparées par un mur diaphragme surmonté d'un clocheton. La nef haute est entièrement peinte au 15e siècle. Des personnages sont figurés sur fond d'arabesques. Une danse macabre témoigne sans doute de la représentation probable du dit des Trois morts et des Trois vifs. Une Annonciation se trouve dans l'ancienne chapelle nord.

English translation

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Former almonry of the order of Saint-Jean de Jérusalem depending on Merlevenez in the 12th century, the chapel becomes possession of the abbey Notre-Dame de la Joie in the 13th century. The building is rebuilt in the 15th century. Of Tau plan, the building consists of two offset naves, separated by a diaphragm wall surmounted by a small bell tower. The upper nave is entirely painted in the 15th century. Figures are depicted on a background of arabesques. A danse macabre probably testifies to the likely representation of the said of the Three Dead and Three Living. An Annunciation is found in the former north chapel.

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