Chapelle de la Madeleine

Malestroit

A former leper hospital that became a priory in 1129 at the instigation of Payen I of Malestroit, who entrusted it to the monks of Marmoutier, in Touraine. Its Romanesque facade and its fortified two-bay bell-gable, reputedly the oldest in Morbihan, have survived nine centuries. The place entered the wider stage of history in 1343: representatives of Philip VI of Valois and Edward III of England signed a truce here during the Hundred Years' War. Deconsecrated in 1870, the chapel even lost its 16th-century stained glass telling the legend of Saint Mary Magdalene, sold to an American museum. Today only ruins remain, incorporated into the town's tourist trail.

Getting there : Free admission; a stop on the "Circuit des Besants" trail through the historic centre of Malestroit

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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