Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-Berven

Notre-Dame-de-Berven chapel and surroundings in Plouzévédé

PA00090273

 

Address entered in the Mérimée database:

29440 Plouzévédé - France

 

Insee code of the municipality: 29213

Finistère [29] - Quimper - Brittany

 

Approximate address taken from GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude):

81 Rue de Berven 29440 Plouzévédé

 

Protected elements:

Chapel, with the fence and the stalls of the choir: classification by decree of June 14, 1909; Triumphal arch included in the fence of the cemetery in the center of which is the chapel, and fence of the cemetery: classification by decree of July 23, 1909; Fountain known as Notre-Dame-de-Berven (i.e. not registered; public domain): classification by decree of November 27, 1968

 

History:

The chapel was reputed to be able to get children walking early. They were taken there three Mondays in a row to walk around it nine times. The building was built from 1567 to 1575. It includes a nave with side aisles, a transept, all covered with paneling. The choir is surrounded by a carved wooden fence. The bell tower has an openwork upper part, surmounted by a small dome and pinnacles. An important 17th century triumphal arch forms the main entrance to the cemetery. It consists of three arcades decorated with columns with Corinthian capitals. The fountain is surrounded by an enclosure and surmounted by an aedicule topped with a hemispherical cap. A cross added in 1936 surmounts it. In a niche is a statue of the Virgin holding the Child Jesus.

 

Periods of construction:

3rd quarter 16th century, 17th century, 18th century

 

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