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Saint-Pierre de Saint-Père-Marc-en-Poulet Church is a religious building built between 1901 and 1904 in Ille-et-Vilaine, Brittany. It was erected to replace a previous church, dated the twentieth century but considered too degraded. An engraved stone, inserted in the north wall, testifies to the existence of the early church, although its exact date is not specified in the available sources.

One of the remarkable elements of this church is a stained glass window incorporating 14th century fragments. These ancient pieces were raised in the 1920s by master glassmaker Charles Lorin, originally from Chartres. This stained glass window, classified as a historical monument as an object, illustrates the desire to preserve older heritage elements during the reconstruction of the building.

Located in the heart of the commune of Saint-Père-Marc-en-Poulet, Saint-Pierre church embodies an example of early twentieth century religious architecture in Brittany. Its history reflects the practices of renovation and reuse of medieval artistic elements, typical of this period of transition between preservation of heritage and modernization of places of worship.

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