Chapelle de Trémalo

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Notre-Dame de Trémalo is a Catholic chapel in the commune of Pont-Aven, Brittany. The building was built in the 16th century by Guillaume du Plessis, lord of the Plessis (Quinquis en Breton) and Catherine de Botigneau his wife, it is located in the former parish of Nizon. In Gothic style, the chapel and its furniture are known for being represented by painters in residence at Pont-Aven in the 19th and 20th centuries.

The polychrome wooden sculpture of Christ on the Cross, which it contains, appears in several paintings by Paul Gauguin, such as The Yellow Christ and Self-portrait to the Yellow Christ, painted in 1889. The building has been on the list of historic monuments since May 11, 1932.