Chapel of Coat an Poudou

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The Chapel Notre-Dame de Coat-an-Poudou is a Catholic place of worship located in the commune of Melgven in the Finistère department of Brittany. Chapel built between the 15th and 17th centuries at the place called Coat-an-Poudou, it is first dedicated to Saint Cado, then to Notre-Dame. It was listed as a historic monument in 1949.

History: The chapel was built between the 15th and 17th centuries at the place called Coat-an-Poudou on the road that connects Melgven to Cadol on the direction of Rosporden. First dedicated to Saint Cado, it is dedicated to Notre-Dame during the eighteenth century. The name of the chapel means Bois des Poteries because near the chapel there was a field where once tilling brought out on the surface of the pottery coats. The chapel has a granite calvary on its placister. The latter bears the coat of arms of the Perrier family, the owner of the seigneury of Coat-Canton from the early 15th century to the 16th century. The arms of this family are found on various monuments of Melgven as well as on the portal of the parish church located in the village. Battles of the Breton struggle would have been organized in the distant past on the placister of the...