Home / Guingamp - Baie de Paimpol / Relaxing on land / Heritage sites / Eglise Notre Dame - Bulat-Pestivien
  See photos (3)

Eglise Notre Dame

Historic site and monument ,  Church in Bulat-Pestivien
Opening hours and services not guaranteed
  • The Notre-Dame church from the 16th century was built around 1463. Its size never fails to surprise visitors. And yet, before 1804, this building was just a simple chapel in the parish of Pestivien, bishopric of Quimper until the Revolution. This sanctuary was one of the most important places of pilgrimage of Brittany, which explains its dimensions today.
    The southern porch from 1505 is impressive. The tour and its porch are the first manifestation of the Renaissance in religious...
    The Notre-Dame church from the 16th century was built around 1463. Its size never fails to surprise visitors. And yet, before 1804, this building was just a simple chapel in the parish of Pestivien, bishopric of Quimper until the Revolution. This sanctuary was one of the most important places of pilgrimage of Brittany, which explains its dimensions today.
    The southern porch from 1505 is impressive. The tour and its porch are the first manifestation of the Renaissance in religious construction in Brittany. Begun in 1530, this 30-metre-high, 8-metre-wide tower is the work of Fouquet Jéhannou.