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Saint-Budoc Church is a Catholic religious building located in Beuzec-Conq, a hamlet in the commune of Concarneau, Brittany. Built in the seventeenth century by the lords of Coatconq, it dominates the heights of the Moros River. Its architecture rests on a Latin cross plan with three ships, with a nave of five spans and a choir with a straight bedside. The materials used, mainly granite, reflect local resources.

At the end of the 18th century, the church lost its bell tower, which once served as a landmark for sailors to locate the entrance to the port of Concarneau. During the 19th century, the building gradually deteriorated, until restoration work was undertaken in 1890 under the direction of diocesan architect Joseph Bigot. These works preserve some original elements, such as the bentier and the baptismal fonts dating from the seventeenth century.

The church is dedicated to Saint Budoc, but it has never been officially consecrated. Inside, a statue depicts Azenor, the mother of Saint Budoc, accompanied by a barrel evoking the legend that she was thrown into the sea after she became pregnant. The building also includes two small side chapels, typical of the Breton churches of that time.

Today, the Church of St. Budoc bears witness to both local religious history and traditional Breton architecture, marked by successive restorations and a strong maritime symbolism, linked to the lives of fishermen and navigators of the region.

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