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The Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle chapel, located in Locronan in Finistère, was mentioned in the will of Jean Le Moine as a newly built building in 1439. It is the fifth station of the Great Tromenia, a 12 to 13 km religious route marked by twelve stations, which takes place every six years. Its architecture, marked by a rectangular plan and a central bell, preserves 15th-century Gothic elements, such as a door to yours interrupted by capitals, although it was redesigned in the 16th and 18th centuries.

The chapel is surrounded by a calvary and fountain, the latter dating from 1698 and bearing an inscription dedicated to Messire Sene, perpetual vicar, and Jean Conan, a canvas merchant. The bellet, redone at a later time, seems contemporary of this fountain. Classified as a Historical Monument by decree of 6 May 1915, the chapel is a testimony of the popular piety of Breton, notably with the addition of Saint-Eutrope, patron saint of hospitals, venerated locally in the 15th century. The fountain and adjacent calvary were recorded on 16 and 17 March 1926, respectively.

The building, owned by the municipality of Locronan, is part of a landscape marked by the robust tower of the village's large church and the blue reliefs of Menez-Hom and Crozon peninsula in the background. Fragments of stained glass and sculptures attest to its past brilliance, although its present condition is that of a modest rectangular building, without any side-ends. The chapel, with its calvary and fountain, forms a coherent ensemble, reflecting the religious and architectural traditions of Brittany from the 15th to the 18th centuries.

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