Guided tour of St Jean-Baptiste Church/ Le Guerno

Name: Visite guidée de l'église St Jean-Baptiste / Le Guerno
Start: 2022-09-18T16:30:00+02:00
End: 2022-09-18T18:00:00+02:00
Location: Eglise Hospitaliere Saint Jean-Baptiste et le Calvaire

Guided tour of St John the Baptist Church also known as St Anne

Dimanche 18 septembre 2022, 16h30Passé

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Hospital church enlarged in the 16th, retaining many elements of decors, and murals dated from the late 14th/ early 15th century.
Guided tour of the church with its bell tower, its external pulpit, its calvary and its medieval frescoes.

Types d'événement

Visite commentée / Conférence

Thème 2022

Patrimoine durable

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À propos du lieu

Eglise Hospitaliere Saint Jean-Baptiste et le Calvaire

Rue des Hospitaliers 56190 Le Guerno

Morbihan
Bretagne

Church rebuilt in 1570 on the site of an older building of which parts remain in the current building. The origin probably goes back to the Templars. In 1160, the fief was given to the order of the Hospitallers of Saint John of Jerusalem. The influx of pilgrims was such that an external pulpit was placed against the southern facade. Indeed, the cult of Sainte-Anne attracted many sailors and that of the Passion gathered a crowd of pilgrims on Good Friday. A pilgrim from the Holy Land would have left a fragment of the True Cross there. A small gold silver cross from the 13th century preserves this relic. The pilgrimage itself dates back to the 12th century.
Protected elements: Church (cad. B 248): classification by decree of 27 October 1971