The most beautiful churches cathedrals basilicas and chapels Brittany

The churchyards are an architectural specificity of Lower Brittany. They are primarily found in rural communities. They are the testimony to the wealth of an era and the symbol of a strong religious piety. The construction of such buildings was made possible thanks to the financial support of the local population and by some wealthy merchants. Built between the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries by local craftsmen, they result from the flourishing trade of linen paintings. Several elements characterise them: the church, the ossuary, the triumphal arch, the agony and the sacristy with some additions. The whole building of Saint-Thégonnec was built in almost two centuries. Its monumental ordeal is one of the last to have been realised: it was completed in 1610. The baroque style dominates the interior of the church. One can admire its majestic pulpit carved in oak (1683). The peculiarity of the sacristy is being on double floor. The ossuary is also a remarkable building because you can almost compare it to a second church. Inside, life-size figures made of polychrome wood represent a setting in the tomb.

In the middle of the 13th century, there was a religious building on the site of Saint Anne's chapel. A new building was constructed between 1450 and 1475, and was replaced in 1729 and 1770. A complete renovation of the interior was carried out in 1962 with the instauration of the Sainte-Anne forgiveness festival on July 26th each year. Its architecture is very simple: 18.40m long and 6.20m wide, a semi-circular main door and a unilateral door, squares, six semi-circular windows and a solid roof. Its interior is very original: superb Italian marble altar and sculptors of which one of the tables represents the port in 1777 with the pier of Priauté and some Newfoundland schooners.

A unique testimony of Roman basilica in Brittany, the cathedral of Saint-Pierre is a must. Its origin dates back to the 6th century. Crossed by many influences, it has undergone profound changes over the centuries. Few traces remain today of the 12th century Gothic church. In 1754, the choir collapsed and a new cathedral was built. The present neoclassical building has a five-storey façade and an interior rich with 44 columns crowned with Ionic capitals and an exceptional 16th-century altarpiece.

On each side of the Elorn, a church was built. This river was the natural boundary between the two former counties, Léon and Cornwall, who had their own diocese. The right bank of Leo, the church of Saint-Houardon, was completely moved to the th century. Closer to the river initially, she could no longer welcome all parishioners. Reconstruction and expansion work lasted 3 years, from 1848 to 1861. The porch has a finely worked porch and a walk with a turret with stairs. On the left Bank of Cornwall, St. Thomas Church was also rebuilt in the th century under the direction of architect Bigot. Inside, the sand are beautiful invoices and a variety of reasons are distinguished. Closer to the altar, an old wooden statue of the Virgin in an extended position is interesting because of its original representation.

Located on the former fairground and the current Place Saint-Michel, this chapel is a 17th century work renovated at the beginning of the 20th century. Its location, under the foliage of trees, contributes greatly to its charm. Among the curiosities is a bell dated 1670, where an annual pardon is celebrated every August 15. It can no longer be visited today, but its surroundings are very pleasant.

This Romanesque church built with Logonna stones between 1167 and 1173 kept traces of the original construction of the 8th century. The magnificent Gothic porch built in 1560 was dismantled and transplanted in the late 19th century to the cemetery's entrance adjacent to the abbey. The interior of the church is reputed for its first-class acoustics allowed by the harmony of the vaults. This is the way that concerts regularly took place there, although the organ has disappeared after the church was abandonned to the Jesuites in 1692. In case of questions, you will need to speak to the presbytery, opposite the church.

The majority of the church of Plusquellec dates back to the th century under the protection of Notre-Dame-des-Graces. Don't miss to discover the apostles with expressive faces under the south porch, made in 1551. Inside, you can enjoy the th century chair, which is one of the most beautiful of Brittany! It evokes the life of Jesus through a series of six panels.

Its ruins let us see the importance of the building, erected from the th to the th centuries. The tower kept its tower, and three of the arcades of the nave. Callac and Botmel are branches of the former primitive parish of Plusquellec. Callac was, it seems, the name of a chapel at the parish of Botmel dedicated to Saint Catherine. Botmel was in the th and th centuries annoyed or a branch of Plusquellec.

It was during the first half of the 16th century that the construction of the chapel dedicated to Our Lady of Good News, patron saint of travellers and sailors, began. Originally, it was shaped like a barn because it had no bell tower and the floor was only clay. Over the years, the building fell into ruins. It was in 1841 that a text mentioned the need to rebuild a church. The chapel was demolished and in 1843, on June 15 of the Feast of God, the first stone of the new Damgan church was blessed.

Located on the Roman road Quimper-Vannes, the small chapel of the Moustoir de Kernével is worth a visit because it is the only chapel in Finistère dedicated to Saint Maurice, a Cistercian monk. A former Templar chapel, the Moustoir chapel, in the flamboyant Breton Renaissance style, has a central nave, a truncated choir and two asymmetrical aisles. It should be noted that it was built from XVᵉ to XVIᵉ century near the important Gallo-Roman road used for the Tro Breizh pilgrimage. It was classified as a Historic Monument in 1910 and since then, the committee for the preservation of the chapel has been doing its utmost to restore it.

Built in the 12th, 14th and 17th centuries, Notre-Dame Church is located just next to the pond. It is distinguished by the construction of its 14th century Breton bell tower, unhewn, topped by a slender spire. At the base of the tower, you can also see its magnificent 14th century porch. Inside the church, we discover a tomb (work of the Flemish school) located under the gilded altarpiece while above we admire a large painting of the Assumption of the Virgin by Nicolas Loir. The bell tower, apse and portal of the church have been listed since 1914, while the cemetery surrounding the church, with its enclosure wall and the calvary incorporated into it, have been listed since 1940.

Néogothique style, it was built in 1914, replacing a very old church destroyed the year before. But the first negotiations for the new building went back as far as 1879… One of the characteristics of this church is that it does not have a bell tower! The Madeleine village also has its own history. It is a former leprosarium from the 12c which includes, among other remains, the aisle of Corderie, the hospital's ruined walls and two crosses carved in stone by lepers.

Also known as Notre-Dame-des-Anges chapel, the chapel of the Trinity dates from the beginning of the fifteenth century and is located in Kerner, an important village in the municipality of Riantec formerly populated by fishermen. This beautiful granite building bears the brand of Brittany: the coat of thumb. It can also be seen as a boat carene arch. The chapel contains wooden statues of the nineteenth century and extraordinary furniture. And, despite a clothy of the twentieth century, the frame is of origin. Please note: Not far from there is also the fountain of the Trinity.

During your walks in Ploemeur, you will discover many old chapels including the one of Saint-Simon and Saint-Jude. Built in the 16th century, it was redesigned in the 18th century and its walls, roof and altarpiece were restored in the 1980s. For walkers, its location is ideal since it is only a few steps from the Kaolins beach, on the edge of the golf course of Ploemeur. The Saint-Simon-et-Saint-Jude chapel still houses furniture from the late 17th and early 18th centuries. You can also discover a very old statue of Saint Ninnoch, patron saint of Ploemeur.

Located in a region previously very rich in megalithic alignments, the Saint-Cornely chapel was once very famous for the blessing of horses and animals in general. Its exterior and interior walls are whitewashed and it contains the processional statues of Saint Cornelius and the Virgin Mary, as well as several banners and banners. Near the chapel, you can discover a blessed cross and a fountain made of beautiful cut stones. The latter was built in 1716 and is surrounded by an enclosure.

Before being a chapel, this place was a garage in 1924. During the summer, mass is served by a Kervoyal Priest. Destroyed by the Germans in 1942, this chapel with bell gable was rebuilt thanks to the generosity of its inhabitants. It houses a 15th century polychrome wooden statue of Saint Guérin and a statue of the Virgin and Saint Léger. It was consecrated in 1958.

It is accessed through the north chapel, where you will be welcomed by the statue of the Black Madonna, celebrated on the first Saturday of July with a nightly torchlight procession. Note the labyrinth on the floor, a unique motif in Brittany, dating from 1854. The basilica mixes three architectural styles: the whole is Gothic, with some elements preserved from the first Romanesque construction, such as the arches of the transept, and a Renaissance part in the south-west, which came to overcome a collapse.

The parish church was built at the end of the 19th century, between 1879 and 1884, thanks to a precious competition organised by locals and tourists. The religious building could not be constructed without aid from the State. The parish of Saint Quay-Portrieux is very old even if it has no detailed history about its origin. What is certain is that there was a parish in this place before the 12th century because it was given to the monastery of Léhon near Dinan, by Juthaël who was the Archbishop de Dol between 1039 and 1076.

Overlooking the houses of the village of the top of its fifty meters, the church Notre-Dame-de-Grâce dates back to 1872. Inside this Gothic building, designed by a briochin architect, the furniture of the choir with its woodwork, its clear tracks and its stalemate are the sculptor's work Le Brun. Every year, the procession of forgiveness goes from the next fountain to the cross of the Pontoir.

Situated in the 26 th century on a-metre high hill, it offers one of the most beautiful views of almost all the archipelago, including the island of Béniguet, Maudez Island and the tip of the Arcouest.

Built in the th century, in the Gothic style, on the edge of the old route of communication Merdrignac-Moncontour, Saint Lambert Chapel welcomes a large number of pilgrims on the day of their forgiveness, the penultimate Sunday in July. Known as Chandelles festival, until the end of the th century, because of the many candles lit for the occasion. Saint-Lambert is generally relied on by his charities on the protection of livestock. In Saint-Vran it would appear that the water of the chapel fountain would have the particularity of treating sows and piglets. It would help to give the necessary milk to progenies and prémunirait against all hazardous diseases.

In Romanesque style, the church Notre-Dame de Locmaria is the oldest religious building in Belle-Ile. It offers a th century choir and a th-century pepper bell tower. A legend tells us that Dutch pirates who broke their mast had cut a tree in front of the church. Our Lady déforma the trunk that was rendered unusable. So many pilgrims once thanked Notre-Dame-de-Bois-Twisted.

Located in Antrain, the church of Saint-André was built in the Romanesque period, but it has more modern, and therefore Gothic, elements. Some Romanesque vestiges remain: most of the nave, the transept, and an apse in the north. The church and the chevet were restored in the 16th century. The upper part of the bell tower and the sacristy date from the 18th century. The north chapel overlooking the choir dates from the end of the 19th century. The south door of the nave was named "Porte des Femmes" (Women's Door) because it was used by women to get up after giving birth.