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Origin and history

The church of Notre-Dame-de-la-Cour de Lantic, located in the Côtes-d'Armor, was initiated in 1420 by Jean V of Brittany, on the site of an ancient Marian shrine linked to the castle of Buhen. The choir and chapel in the arms of the cross, vaulted and richly decorated, were built between 1440 and 1460, financed by the Dukes Peter II, Francis I and Francis II, as evidenced by the heraldic weapons of the vault keys and the glass mistress. The initial project, ambitious, envisaged a nave as high as the choir, but it was finally built lower in the 16th century, with a southern collateral added, marking a change of architectural party.

In 1874, a fire ravaged a large part of the building, notably destroying the arch of the nave and southern collateral. Partial reconstruction and subsequent restorations, such as that of 1898, modified certain elements (clocher, buttress heads) while preserving major medieval remains: two 15th century stained glass windows, a pieta and a statue of Saint William (XVI century), as well as a 17th century calvary cross, all classified as Historical Monuments. The church, classified in 1907, illustrates the ducal influence in Brittany and the evolution of architectural styles between 1430 and 1508.

The site, a former seigneurial and judicial centre (High Justice of Buhen), was recaptured symbolically by the Montforts after the War of Succession of Brittany. The chapel, which became a collegiate chapel at the end of the 16th century under the Rosmadec, preserves traces of its castral past: north porch reserved for the clergy, south access for the ducal family, and fossoyed enclosure visible on the cadastre of 1823. His plan, inspired by the chapel of the Folgoët, reflects a desire for prestige, with decorations (trilobed arches, guardrails with quadrilobes) characteristic of the 15th century Ducal shipyards.

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