Chapelle Notre-Dame-de-la-Cour

Lantic

Commissioned by Duke Jean V of Brittany, the building of Notre-Dame-de-la-Cour at Lantic began in the first half of the 15th century, before the nave was rebuilt to a modified plan in the 16th. The Gothic building once had a panelled barrel vault over the nave and the south aisle, lost in a fire in 1874 that seriously damaged the roof timbers. Two 15th-century stained-glass windows nevertheless survived the centuries, joined in the 19th by a window known as the "sailors' window", a commission that recalls a little-known side of the site's history: the fishermen and sailors of the nearby Goëlo coast came here to seek protection before facing the sea, making this sanctuary a place of maritime as well as parish pilgrimage. Inside, the recumbent effigy of Guillaume de Rosmadec, lord of Buhen, carved by the great Breton sculptor Roland Doré, stands close to a 16th-century kersanton calvary bearing the arms of the same family, erected on the square to the north of the building. Listed as a monument historique (historic monument), Notre-Dame-de-la-Cour thus offers both a witness to aristocratic funerary sculpture and a living memory of the popular piety of the seafaring folk of the Côtes-d'Armor.

Getting there : Free admission; visits possible, contact the town hall or the parish.

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

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