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Location: Roscoff, Morlaix, Finistère, France

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SimonWicart

November 21, 2023

Built in 1619, the Sainte-Barbe chapel (named after the patroness of artillery, miners and more generally corporations that use gunpowder), protects Roscoff from the invasion of enemies of the Church. Today, it is above all a remarkable viewpoint overlooking the city's port.

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Andreas 🚴🏻‍♂️ 🚵‍♂️

August 1, 2022

As an expression of piety in the face of the dangers faced by sailors and boats in this thriving port, the chapel of Sainte Barbe was built in 1619 to “invoke divine goodness, both the people of Minihy (of Leon) and all of Christianity "to protect us from attacks by pirates and other enemies of the church".

The Johnnies, who left Roscoff from their ships to sell their onions across the Channel, did not fail to salute the town's patron saint by hoisting their flag three times in farewell.

The chapel built above the harbor and its white walls now serve as a navigation point. Above all, it is an exceptional viewpoint, on the one hand over the port of Roscoff and the island of Batz, and on the other hand at the entrance to the Bay of Morlaix and its islands, which offers itself to hikers.

A pardon takes place there on the 3rd Sunday in July.

Source: petit-patrimoine.com/fiche-petit-patrimoine.php?id_pp=29239_2

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Location: Roscoff, Morlaix, Finistère, France

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