Chapelle Sainte-Marie-du-Ménez-Hom

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According to local tradition, an earlier chapel on this site served as a meeting place and place of prayer for the Templars who stayed in the region; the sacristy still bears today the evocative name of "Chamber of the Red Monks", a reference to the red cross of the Order of the Temple. Of that primitive Romanesque building, now vanished, nothing remains: the present chapel was rebuilt between 1570 (the date carved on a stone of the west gable) and 1773, with a porch bell tower of three galleries built in stages between 1668 and 1773. Important local fairs assured the chapel considerable revenues, making it, at the end of the Ancien Régime, the second richest chapel in the diocese of Cornouaille and one of the great pilgrimages of the region. The interior preserves three Baroque altarpieces of the early 18th century, recently restored.

Getting there : Free admission, beside the D887, at the foot of the Ménez-Hom (193 m above sea level).

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

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