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Collège Jules-Simon

Vannes, Morbihan, France

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Designation
Historic monument, registered (inscrit), in part
Protection
inscrit MH partiellement
Extent of protection
La chapelle (cad. BP 434) : inscription par arrêté du 25 janvier 1929
Protection dates
1929/01/25 : inscrit MH
Type
collège
Main period of construction
2e moitié 17e siècle
Dates
1661, 1682
Ownership
propriété de la commune
Address
place Maurice-Marchais
Commune
Vannes
Département
Morbihan
Region
Bretagne
Country
France
Coordinates
47.65892, -2.76035
Mérimée reference
PA00091778

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1607 map "Poictou" (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).

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The Ministère de la Culture's notice

Cet édifice servait de chapelle au collège des Jésuites avant la Révolution. Il fût bâti en 1661 grâce aux subsides de Mlle Catherine de Francheville dont un médaillon reproduit les traits au-dessus de l'entrée. La chapelle est de plan rectangulaire avec un choeur polygonal. La façade est de style Jésuite. La voûte a été établie en 1681-1688. A l'intérieur se trouve un retable monumental datant de 1685, oeuvre de Jean Boffrand.

English translation

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This building served as a chapel to the Jesuit college before the Revolution. It was built in 1661 thanks to the subsidies of Mlle Catherine de Francheville whose portrait appears in a medallion above the entrance. The chapel is rectangular in plan with a polygonal choir. The facade is in Jesuit style. The vault was constructed in 1681-1688. Inside is found a monumental retable dating from 1685, a work of Jean Boffrand.

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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