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Église Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul (et Sainte-Geneviève) argol

Address entered in the Mérimée database:

Church (place de l')

29560 Argol - France

 

Insee code of the municipality: 29001

Finistère [29] - Quimper - Brittany

 

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

2 Rue Saint-Guénolé 29560 Argol

 

Protected elements:

Church and triumphal arch of the cemetery (cad. AB 33): classification by decree of November 12, 1914

 

History

 

The triumphal arch with triple arcade, which gives access to the cemetery, dates from 1659. The church, from 1575, has a bell tower of the type of slender bell towers with a single chamber for the bells and whose walls are crowned by gables between which rises an arrow decorated with hooks.

 

Periods of construction:

16th century, 3rd quarter 17th century

 

property of the municipality

 

Built in 1575 , the church was restored in 1617 , then enlarged in 1674 . The side walls were completely redone in 1784 . The bell tower, with its Gothic spire and rectangular base, dates from 1585 . The apse of the building was rebuilt in 1641 . The porch, meanwhile, was redone in 1839 .

 

The pinnacle which surmounts the west gable under the gallery is dated 1582 on the lintel. On the south facade, at the base of the bell tower, we read the following inscriptions: "B. Merour: Breton Year 1585".

 

The incumbents of the church are the apostles Peter and Paul . Saint Clément is the main patron of the place and Saint Geneviève , the secondary patroness at least since 1634 .

 

The church of Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul and the cemetery's triumphal arch have been classified as historical monuments since November 12 , 1914

 

Description

 

Exterior

Place de l'Eglise, to the right of the triumphal arch, in front of the entrance to the courtyard of the old presbytery , is a monumental granite statue of King Gradlon made by Patrig Ar Goarnig , measuring 3 m long and weighing three tons. This equestrian statue tells the two versions (the Christian on the right side and the pagan on the left side) of the legend of the city of Ys .

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