St Joseph's Church (french: Église paroissiale Saint-Joseph) is a parish church located in

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, France. There is an organized exposition of religious paintings and reproductions of paintings in the nearby Tremalo Chapel. As the church is adjacent to rue Émile Bernard, some of

Émile Bernard Émile Henri Bernard (28 April 1868 – 16 April 1941) was a French Post-Impressionist painter and writer, who had artistic friendships with Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin and Eugène Boch, and at a later time, Paul Cézanne. Most of his nota ...

's paintings are showcased there.

History

*Dating: third quarter of the 19th century *Years: 1874, 1875 The church was built according to plans by architect Joseph Bigot, between 1874 and 1875, by contractor Louis Berger and by Jean-Louis Le Naour for the bell tower. The narrowness of the land acquired by the municipality for construction guided the building plan leading to the creation of a false transept.

Description

*Main structure and implementation: granite, stone, plaster, rubble, concrete *Roof: slate *Plan: Latin cross *Nave and floor: three sections *Type and nature of the cover: cover paneling *External elevation: elevation span *Type of roofing: roof with long expanses; polygonal steeple in masonry Descriptive comment: Latin cross with three aisles. Sacristy to the north at the fifth bay. South porch in alignment with the third bay. Western gate in arch inscribed in a front building topped by an open bell tower chamber, cushioned by a hexagonal steeple. Structural work in the rubble coated with the exception of the western elevation and window bays and quoins, stone. Two lateral chapels, one to the north, one to the south, at the seventh bay, forming a false transept. The nave has seven bays covered with paneling painted blue tie-in. Arched vaults directly into the chamfered square pillars. Floor covered with slabs of granite.

References

*Couffon, René, Le Bars, Alfred. Diocèse de Quimper et de Léon. Nouveau répertoire des églises et chapelles. Quimper : Association Diocésaine, 1988, p. 320 Rannou, Nolwenn. L'exercice de l'architecture et de la restauration en France au XIXe siècle: la carrière de Joseph *Bigot (1807–1894), architecte finistérien, volume III/IV : catalogue. Thèse. Université Rennes 2 - Haute-Bretagne, UFR Arts-Lettres-Communication, 2007, p. 115.
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