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Origin and history

The Chapel of Bavalan, located at the place called Bavalan in Ambon (Morbihan), is a religious building built in the 15th century. It is the last vestige of a seigneurial seat, vassal of the Muzillac chestnut, which played a notable role in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. The building is distinguished by its original structure, its carved sandstones and an atypical architectural layout, including a basement potentially designed for worship.

The chapel houses a set of graffiti, mainly with a maritime theme, engraved between the second half of the seventeenth century and the eighteenth century. These inscriptions bear witness to the practices and concerns of the local populations of the time. The interior decoration was protected by an inscription to historical monuments on 16 December 2009, and a renovation was carried out in 2012 to preserve this heritage.

The building is now fully classified, including its architectural and decorative elements, under cadastral reference H 914. Although its access and conditions of visit are not specified in the sources, its historical and artistic importance makes it a remarkable monument of the Morbihan, linked to the feudal and religious history of Brittany.

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