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Chapelle Notre-Dame de Kerdévot
Ergué-Gabéric
Dimensions
Flamboyant Gothic, choir completed around 1489
Period
Late 15th century, consecrated in 1556
What stands there
Flemish altarpiece, healing fountain 300 m away
According to legend, the villagers built this chapel to thank the Virgin for having spared them an outbreak of plague in 1439. It houses a rare 15th-century Flemish altarpiece in painted and gilded wood, blending Flemish and Breton styles — on the Nativity panel, one notices a shepherd playing the biniou (Breton bagpipe) among the traditional figures of the scene. 300 m from the close, a Gothic fountain has for generations been reputed to cure fever and catarrh.
Further reading
Getting there : Free admission
Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.
Ambient sound
Nearby
- Église Notre-Dame de LocmariaChurch · Quimper · 8.7 km
- Cathédrale Saint-CorentinCathedral · Quimper · 9.2 km
- Chapelle Saint-Vénec et sa fontaine trinitaireChapel · Briec · 14 km
- Chapelle Sainte-Brigitte de PerguetChapel · Bénodet · 15 km
- Chapelle Notre-Dame des Trois-FontainesChapel · Gouézec · 16 km
- Chapelle Saint-Sauveur de CoadryChapel · Scaër · 17 km
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All places — Finistère (54).