page_title: Locmariaquer
section_title: Religious heritage
hierarchical_section_title: Locmariaquer / Sights / Religious heritage
caption_attribution_description: la chapelle du Moustoir à Locmariaquer
context_page_description: Locmariaquer is a commune in the Morbihan department in Brittany in north-western France.
  It lies 8.5 mi south of Auray by road.
context_section_description: Notre Dame de Kerdro
  Of romanesque style, this church was built between 1082 and 1120 by the monks of Quimperlé. Today, only the transept and the choir of the original building remain. On the exterior one can read the inscription Hic Domus Dei (Here is the house of God). This section presents external walls of an archaic stonework (intercalation of Roman cubic stone, bricks and scattered bricks of Roman origin).
  The south gate is protected by an advanced porch whose wooden ceiling was removed in 1988, showing a cartouche bearing the words Haec Porta Coelli (Here is the door of heaven). Near the southern entrance, in the wall is included a superb granite baptismal font, decorated with leaves and grapes, going back to the 16th century.
  Inside, the greatest interest of the church resides in its surviving Romanesque features. The transept and apse were included in supplementary inventory of Monument historique by decree of 24 April 1925.
  In 1960, The twelve windows were equipped with modern stained glass, created by the firm of Rault, glassmaker in Rennes. The motifs of the seven windows of the nave and transept are abstract, the five windows of the choir presenting figurative images:
  boat and fish (fishing),
  wheat (agriculture),
  the acronym NDK (for Notre Dame de Kerdro),
  bunch of tiles (oyster farming),
  dolmen and menhirs (megaliths).
  These windows are admired by most visitors for their great sobriety and their remarkable brightness.
  Chapelle du Moustoir
  Rebuilt in 1883, the chapel is dedicated to Saint Gildas, but also to Father Claude Philippe, a non-juring priest, who died in 1796 and was buried in this place. The chapel is located north of the town; it was fully restored in recent years by an association that continues to ensure its maintenance. Each year, on the last Sunday of June, a Pardon and a Fest Noz are organized.
  Chapelle Saint-Pierre-Loperec
  Built in 1772, this chapel was built to celebrate Mass and organize a Pardon for the survivors of shipwrecks, of which there were many at the time. It can be visited in summer and during the traditional annual Pardon on the first Sunday of July.
  Chapelle Saint-Michel
  The chapel was built in 1749 by Christophe Paul De Robien, Baron de Kaër who previously acquired the former chapel built on Gallo-Roman ruins. When the foundations of the present chapel were built, a quantity of medallions bearing the effigy of Caesar and other motifs were found.
  Today, the chapel looks like a rectangular building 14 metres long and 7 meters wide. On its portal is a decoration depicting three lily flowers in relief and a stone bearing the date 1813 and a damaged patch representing the arms of Robien.
  During the summer months of July and August "friends of the chapel" association has chosen to use the chapel for exhibitions of contemporary art, at the same time highlighting the work of restoration carried out in 1986.
  Statue of the Virgin Notre-Dame de Kerdro
  Built on the rocks at the edge of Kerpenhir in 1962: 2.70 m high, it was carved in granite by Jules-Charles Le Bozec in 1946 but spent 16 years in the church before being moved to its present location. It replaces a statue erected in 1883 and destroyed by the Germans along with the fort during World War II.
caption: chapelle du Moustoir
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