Parish Hall

a typic heritage of Brittany villages...

The churchyard, religious Breton typical architecture has a church, a crucifix and an ossuary.

All protected by a wall, is accessible by the monumental entrance usually presented as a door or an arch.

Many churchyards are worth visiting:

- The churchyard Pleyben built from the eleventh to the seventeenth century;

- The churchyard Guimiliau dating from the sixteenth and seventeenth century;

- The churchyard of St. Thégonnec the sixteenth and seventeenth century.

The churchyards are now witnessing a religious fervor, of artistry and exceptional splendor of past centuries.

For more informations, click on www.finisterebrittany.com/discover/rather-unusual-churches

Source photos : Wikimedia Commons

Crédit-photos : Steffen Heilfort (n°1), Manfred Escherig (n°2), Thesupermat (n°3)