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The Saint-Ildut Chapel, located in Sizun, Brittany, is a historical monument built between the 16th and 17th centuries. Its architecture combines a choir and a granite-cut stone transept (ca. 1653) and an older nave in schist and granite bellows, probably built in the previous century. The interior, sober with its chaule walls and its cradle vault hidden by a modern panel, is distinguished by a richly decorated frame: three entrées à engoulants, key pendants fleuronées, and twenty-two carved blocks d'angels carrying the Instruments of Passion. Two classic style doors (dated from 1677) adorn the nave and south arm of the transept.

The chapel, an active pilgrimage site in the 17th century, is accompanied by three ancient fountains and a recent cross. Its beautification seems to have been interrupted in the early eighteenth century, coinciding with a decline in its reputation. Several windows are now walled. Classified as a Historic Monument in 2015, it belongs to the municipality and to a diocesan association. It opens to the public during the annual forgiveness (1st Sunday of August) and the Heritage Days, managed by the Association of Friends of Loc-Ildut.

The protected elements include the entire chapel and the floor of its square. Its interior decor, centered on the frame, reflects a Breton craft tradition of the 17th century, while its hybrid structure (granite and schist) bears witness to local construction techniques. The accuracy of its location is estimated as satisfactory a priori (note 6/10), based on available data.

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