Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption (Bréal-sous-Vitré)
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The Catholic parish church of Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption in Bréal-sous-Vitré , a French parish in the Ille-et-Vilaine department in Brittany , was built in the 11th century.
history
The church dedicated to the Assumption of the Virgin replaced a previous wooden building that belonged to a priory of the Saint-Serge Abbey in Angers . The priory church became the parish church of Bréal-sous-Vitré in the Middle Ages .
architecture
The simple nave is separated by a triumphal arch from a choir consisting of a choir bay and a semicircular apse . The choir, which has no vault , is a little lower and narrower than the nave. The slate-roofed bell tower rises above the triumphal arch . The choir is lit by five windows of different sizes. The two windows in the choir bay were enlarged at a later time. The walls of the church, which are supported by mighty buttresses , are made of broken slate stones.
In the west facade, a round arch portal opens between two buttresses, which is roofed over by a wooden porch.
Furnishing
A monolithic baptismal font , which is decorated with a three-leaf ornament, is worth mentioning from the church furnishings .
literature
- Louise-Marie Tillet: Itineraries through Brittany. Calvaires and Romanesque churches. Echter Verlag , Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-429-01186-8 . Pp. 22-23.
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Coordinates: 48 ° 6 ′ 13.7 ″ N , 1 ° 3 ′ 37.5 ″ W.