Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Chapelle de Bavalan
Ambon, Morbihan, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- La chapelle, située au lieudit Bavalan, en totalité (cad. H 914) : inscription par arrêté du 16 décembre 2009
- Protection dates
- 2009/12/16 : inscrit MH
- Type
- chapelle
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Later work
- 17e siècle, 18e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété privée
- Lieu-dit
- Bavalan
- Commune
- Ambon
- Département
- Morbihan
- Region
- Bretagne
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 47.54209, -2.50396
- Mérimée reference
- PA56000069
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 1695 map "Carte de l'Evesche de Nantes." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La chapelle est le seul témoin du siège d'une seigneurie, vassale de la châtellenie de Muzillac, qui joua un rôle important aux 14e et 15e siècles. L'édifice a conservé des sablières sculptées et sa charpente du 15e siècle, et possède une disposition architecturale originale. Un sous-sol peut être aménagé pour le culte. La chapelle abrite également un ensemble de graffiti, principalement maritimes, datant de la seconde moitié du 17e siècle et du 18e.
English translation
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History
The chapel is the sole witness to the siege of a seigneury, vassal to the castellany of Muzillac, which played an important role in the 14th and 15th centuries. The building has retained its sculpted sablières and 15th-century roof structure, and possesses an original architectural arrangement. A basement can be fitted out for worship. The chapel also houses a collection of graffiti, mainly maritime, dating from the second half of the 17th century and the 18th.
Nearby in the register
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.