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The chapel of St. Trémeur, located in Guilvinec in Finistère (Bretagne), was built during the first half of the 16th century by the lord of Kergoz. It stands near a valley and a dune dam pond, on a site occupied since the Iron Age, as evidenced by two steles present on the placister. According to local tradition, it was used in the 18th century for burial for the unknown shipwrecked and the poor.

After being abandoned to ruin during the French Revolution, the chapel was restored in 1817. An adjacent fountain, known for treating migraines and headaches, was also rehabilitated. Nearby is the old common oven of Prat an Ilis ("Pre de l'Église" in Breton), vestige of local community practices. Ranked a historic monument in 1935, it benefited from a new restoration in 2009, financed by a public subscription and the Heritage Foundation, and now hosts summer exhibitions.

The protected elements include the chapel itself (cadastre AB 11), inscribed by decree of 4 March 1935. The site thus preserves tangible traces of its religious, social and architectural history, mixing medieval heritage, popular traditions and modern rehabilitations. The chapel also illustrates the role of local lords in the construction of the Breton heritage, as well as the adaptation of places of worship to community needs throughout the centuries.

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