Notre Dame de Kernascléden : un patrimoine pictural de Bretagne
Guided tour
in Kernascléden
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We are in the heart of the 15th century and the work of the Notre-Dame chapel is completed with the ornamentation of the vaults and interior walls. According to a fairly common rule in religious buildings, biblical scenes are painted in the choir, the lower chapels being reserved to illustrate the lives of saints, or representations of Heaven or Hell. In Kernascléden, the splendid paintings of the choir illustrate the life of Mary and the childhood of Jesus. Hell and Heaven are in their...
We are in the heart of the 15th century and the work of the Notre-Dame chapel is completed with the ornamentation of the vaults and interior walls. According to a fairly common rule in religious buildings, biblical scenes are painted in the choir, the lower chapels being reserved to illustrate the lives of saints, or representations of Heaven or Hell. In Kernascléden, the splendid paintings of the choir illustrate the life of Mary and the childhood of Jesus. Hell and Heaven are in their place and, associated with Hell, you can discover one of the two known examples of Danse macabre in Brittany. Meet at 2:30 p.m. in the parking lot in front of the Kernascléden church with Nathalie Le Pen, heritage mediator. Free. Duration: 1h30. Reservations required 02 97 23 23 23. Guided tour "according to the sanitary conditions in force".