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La chapelle Notre-Dame des Grâces
Phare Saint-Mathieu
Abbaye St-Mathieu de Fine-Terre
Pointe de Saint-Mathieu
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Address entered in the Mérimée database:
29217 Le Conquet - France
Insee code of the municipality: 29040
Finistère [29] - Quimper - Brittany
Approximate address taken from GPS coordinates (latitude and longitude):
22 Place Charles Minguy 29217 Le Conquet
Protected elements:
The entire church (cad. AB 307): registration by decree of July 3, 2013
History:
The church is a construction of the middle of the 19th century. It presents itself as a homogeneous whole in the flamboyant Neo-Gothic style. The church houses the tomb of Michel de Nobletz, a famous preacher in Lower Brittany in the 17th century. Stained glass adorns the windows and is divided into three distinct groups: the main choir window, which brings together 16th century remains from the church of Lochrist; two hagiographic windows, works by Robert Micheau-Vernez, in 1930-32; finally, twelve stained glass windows, designed in 1960 and 1971, by the glass painter Jacques Bony.
Periods of construction:
3rd quarter 19th century
Architect or project manager:
Bigot Joseph (architect); Micheau-Vernez Robert (glassmaker)
property of the municipality
Rectory (former), Church Road, Eccleston, Cheshire, c1896.
By Thomas Meakin Lockwood (1830-1900) & Sons.
Grade ll listed.
Portail (Porche) d'entrée
Vue en sortant de de la chapelle Notre-Dame des Grâces
Pointe de Saint-Mathieu
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Lavoirs
A lavoir is the French word for an old public wash house or washing place, for laundry not bodies! They are found in many (possibly most) villages and towns in France and vary in shape and style from basic troughs to elaborate buildings. Surprisingly many of them still stand and increasingly are being preserved for historical purposes.
The history of lavoirs
The earliest date from the late 17th century but it wasn’t until the mid 19th century that they really took off. Realising the link between hygiene and health, Napoleon III initiated a vast public health programme to tackle the problem of industrial pollution and epidemics of cholera, smallpox and typhoid. In 1851 a law was passed offering 30% subsidies to municipalities to construct public washhouses and so, lavoirs sprung up all over France.
The proliferation of these washhouses had an almost revolutionary effect on the lives of women. Not only did they make it easier to do laundry but they became the place to meet and socialise, something that women hadn’t really had before.
How and when were lavoirs used?
Surprisingly lavoirs weren’t actually used for washing clothes and linen rather they were for rising them. The dirty washing would take place at home and would be brought out to the washhouse once a week to rinse, bash, wring and dry.
Modern day lavoirs
As the use of washhouses waned many of them fell into disrepair. Preserving them was not a priority, but as time has passed more and more municipalities are now acknowledging their historical importance and restoring them. Nowadays you’ll see lavoirs full of water used as fountains. Or perhaps left natural like a pond.
Some are restored but empty, others are put to practical use to display market wears. Many still serve the function of a gathering place, though men are no longer banished!
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