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Church of St Anne in Tregastel à Trégastel en Côtes-d'Armor

Patrimoine classé
Patrimoine religieux
Eglise gothique
Côtes-dArmor

Church of St Anne in Tregastel

    1-11 Route du Bourg
    22730 Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Eglise Sainte-Anne à Trégastel
Crédit photo : Spendeau - Sous licence Creative Commons

Timeline

Moyen Âge central
Bas Moyen Âge
Renaissance
Temps modernes
Révolution/Empire
XIXe siècle
Époque contemporaine
1200
1300
1400
1500
1600
1700
1800
1900
2000
XIIe siècle
Initial construction
XIVe–XVe siècles
Gothic renovations
XVIIe siècle
Construction of the ossuary
1909 et 1916
Historical Monument
2001
Major restoration
Aujourd'hui
Aujourd'hui

Heritage classified

Choir, transept and ossuary (Box BO 134): by order of 14 June 1909; Nef: by order of 17 March 1916

Key figures

Charles Huon de Penanster - Senator and patron Save the broken Gaulish stele in the 19th.
Jean de Lannion - Lord and Founder Founded the chapel Sainte-Anne-des-Rochers in the 17th century.
Abbé Bouget - Initiator priest Order the calvary of the village in 1872.

Origin and history

The Church of Sainte-Anne de Tregastel is an emblematic monument built between the 12th and 17th centuries, reflecting the architectural evolutions of each era. Its semi-circular ossuary of the seventeenth century, classified as a Historical Monument in 1909 and 1916, is a rare feature in Brittany. This flat bedside building houses Romanesque, Gothic and classical elements, such as a Romanesque bentier with grotesque figures or a beam of glory.

The building was initially placed under the patronage of Saint Laurent before being dedicated to Saint Anne, whose feast in July coincides with local forgiveness. A major restoration, completed in 2001, restored the initial soil levels and preserved elements such as a 14th century stone wheat measure used for grain offerings. The nave, flanked by collaterals, and the late 14th century portal illustrate the richness of its heritage.

The church site is linked to an older history, marked by the presence of a Gallic stele of the fourth century BC near, now exposed to the tourist office. This stele, saved in the 19th century by Senator Charles Huon de Penanster after being broken by a farmer, bears witness to the Celtic occupation of the region. The church itself is part of an exceptional geological landscape, that of the Côte de Granit Rose, where the rock formations inspired local legends and microtoponyms.

Tregastel, which became a parish between the 12th and 13th centuries, developed around this place of worship, which also served as a gathering point for the community. The ossuary, designed to collect the bones of the tombs of the saturated cemetery, was a common practice in the 17th century in Brittany. The neighbouring chapel, Sainte-Anne-des-Rochers, founded in the 17th century by Jean de Lannion, completes this religious and historical heritage.

Classified as a historic monument, the Church of St Anne embodies both the medieval heritage and modern transformations, such as the disappearance of the old campanile replaced by an archature in the 19th century. Its furniture, including statues of Breton saints and a 17th century pulpit, reinforces its central role in the spiritual and cultural life of Tregastel, between tradition and adaptation to successive periods.

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