Église Notre-Dame de Runan

Runan

Runan appears as early as the 12th century in a charter of Duke Conan IV granting lands to the Templars, but the building of the present church is only truly attested from 1370, when Duke John IV appointed a chaplain here. Funded by the dukes of Brittany, the Hospitaller commanderies of Le Palacret and La Feuillée, and the local aristocracy — the commander Pierre de Keramborgne paid for the south aisle and the south doorway in 1438 — it bears witness to the Hospitallers taking over after the dissolution of the Temple in 1312. Its masterpiece is the south front with its row of granite gables, one of the earliest examples of this style in Brittany, and its porch-tower with a spire typical of the Trégor, built around 1420–1425. The great east window of the chevet, dated 1423 and adorned with the arms of Duke John V, nearly vanished beneath a coat of render in the 17th century before being rediscovered in the 19th. Listed as a historic monument on 9 May 1925.

Getting there : free admission, listed as a historic monument on 9 May 1925

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

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