Église Saint-Barnabé de Langoëlan

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Saint-Barnabé Church is located in the municipality of Langoëlan. The church has been listed as a historical monument since April 24, 1925. The church of Saint-Barnabé was built in the middle of the 16th century on the lands of the lords of Coëtcodu.

As founders, the latter had the rights of preeminence there, displayed their weapons both in the stone and in the windows, had a tomb raised in the middle of the choir and a bench with a tail on the side of the gospel. In 1716, the bell tower was taken over and a chapel of the fonts built to the north. The church deteriorated after the Revolution and restoration work was carried out in 1827, between 1853 and 1857 and after the storm of 1987.

Despite the many changes, the ensemble remains harmonious with a volume game specific to Breton Gothic. Thus the south facade successively presents an ossuary with large balusters surmounted by a rampant with a staircase leading to a Cornuaillais bell tower, a porch and the south arm of the transept. Although retaining an entrapment and sandstones, the interior space has been remodelled.

The altarpiece of Saint Barnabé of the choir dates from 1827. The southern chapel houses the...