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The chapel Saint-Aubin de Lanvaïdic, located in Port Launay in Finistère, is a religious building built around 1664, during the 3rd quarter of the 17th century. From plan to Latin cross, it is characterized by a short nave and a flat bedside, with an external sobriety contrasting with a high quality frame. Inside, fragments of 17th-century floral murals remain on the lining of the choir, while the contemporary furniture of the construction shows the homogeneity of the ensemble, little transformed over the centuries.

A kerantite calvary stands in the chapel square, completing a coherent architectural ensemble. The remains of the parish enclosures are still visible, delimiting a sacred space typical of the Ancien Régime Brittany. The building, inscribed in the Historical Monuments since 2011, includes in its protection the entire chapel, its calvary and its enclosure (walls and floor). Owned by the commune, it illustrates the rural religious heritage of Brittany, marked by a great stylistic unity and remarkable conservation.

The chapel is part of a historical context where local religious buildings played a central role in community life, serving as places of worship, assembly and identity marker. In the 17th century Finistère, marked by a rural economy and a strong Catholic footprint, these chapels were often financed by parish or seigneurial donations, although the text does not specify the sponsors of Saint-Aubin. Their architecture reflected both the physical constraints (use of kerantite, local stone) and the artistic influences of the period, as evidenced by the murals and the preserved furniture.

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