Guided tour of the Saint-Georges chapel

Name: Visite commentée de la chapelle Saint-Georges
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Chapelle saint-georges

Guided tours from 10 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday at the Chapelle Saint-Georges. Apart from these crenneaux, the chapel is open to visitors.

16 et 17 septembre 2023Passé

Guided tours from 10 am to 12 pm and from 3 pm to 5 pm on Saturday and Sunday at the Chapelle Saint-Georges. Apart from these crenneaux, the chapel is free to visit. The chapels Sainte-Anne, Saint-Yves and the churches of Guémené-Penfao, Beslé-sur-vilaine and Guénouvry will be free to visit all weekend.

À propos du lieu

Chapelle saint-georges

Lieu-dit Saint-Georges, 44290 Guémené-Penfao

Loire-Atlantique
Pays de la Loire

The chapel of the priory of Penfao (destroyed before 1940) belonging to the Augustinian abbey N-D of Paimpont , "Saint-Georges" is an example, rare in the Loire-Atlantique, of rural religious building (second half of the XVIIs. essentially). Neglected" by the restorers of the XIX and XX s because of the reconstruction of the nearby church of Guénouvry in 1846 . BIBLIOGRAPHY: 1986, S. Babin " Le pays de Gueméné-Penfao". 2000: M-P Guérin "La paroisse de G-P au XIX" in "Enquêtes et documents" HISTORY: prieuré d'origine médiévale. Peu d'archives retrouvées à ce jour. Several confessions of the 1670s (A.D.44: B793) mention "the house of the priory of about 60 feet, another house in front, a garden in the back towards midy, the chapel with its bell tower and the cemetery in front of icelle.". The priors of the sixteenth and sixteenth are most often from the family of the powerful castle nearby Bruc. DESCRIPTION: Very simple plan: rectangle (16m by 8m?), oriented, with three-sided choir with