Chapelle de Languivoa

About

The chapel of Languivoa was built at the end of the 13th century on the town of Plonéour-Lanvern in Brittany. It is representative of the so-called architectural style of the Pont-Croix School. The chapel suffered damage from the 14th century due to the wars of successions of the Duchy of Brittany.

It was enlarged and redeveloped in the 17th century, with classical influences, by Jean de Languéouez, seigneur of Lescoulouarn. It was one of the six chapels to have suffered the beheading of their bell tower during the repression of the Duke of Chaulnes, governor of Brittany, against the Red Bonnets during the reign of Louis XIV. It houses one of the oldest statues of Cornwall, dating from the end of the thirteenth century, in polychrome alabaster, representing Notre-Dame de Languivoa as a lactating Virgin.

"The three naves, with their very fine arcades, are remarkable. The pillars, made up of bundles of columns, the very neat capitals, the arches with double arches, some of them in warheads, form a whole which constitutes a real work of art".