Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle Saint-Michel
Saint-Avé, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Chapelle Saint-Michel (cad. AB 88) : inscription par arrêté du 13 février 1929
- Protection dates
- 1929/02/13 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 16e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Lieu-dit
- Saint-Michel
- Commune
- Saint-Avé
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.71898, -2.75027
- Mérimée reference
- PA00091662
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1695 map "Carte de l'Evesche de Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Portes en anse de panier surmontées d'accolades à choux et crosses. Celle du sud présente un homme qui replie ses jambes et, en face, une sirène. Celle de l'ouest s'orne de colonnettes engagées supportant trois statuettes dont les têtes sont couvertes par des coquilles. Au sud, animaux sculptés avec un blason.
English translation
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History
Doors in basket-handle arch surmounted by accolades with cabbage heads and crosses. The one to the south presents a man who draws up his legs and, opposite, a mermaid. The one to the west is adorned with engaged colonnettes supporting three statuettes whose heads are covered by shells. To the south, sculptured animals with a coat of arms.
Nearby in the register
- Château de Rulliacchâteauunder 1 mi
- Croix du 16e sièclecroix de chemin1 mi
- Camp protohistorique de Kastel-Ker-Nevécamp1 mi
- Chapelle Notre-Dame de Bon Secours de Mangolérianchapelle2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.