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1. Quimper – Canal du Steir loop from Pennanguer

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2. Canal du Steir – Quimper loop from Quimper

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3. Canal du Steir – Quimper loop from Kermabeuzen

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December 7, 2023

Today's neo-Gothic church from the end of the 19th century replaces a late Gothic building from the 16th century. Some stained glass windows were taken from the old church building and integrated into the new church.

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Scout Jens

5 days ago

"The church, consecrated in honor of the Apostle Matthew, is the third building on the current site. The church was first mentioned in writing in 1209 when it was presented to the Bishop of Quimper by Guy de Thouars, Duke of Brittany. The parish of Saint-Mathieu was probably founded at the end of the 12th century by order of the Dukes of Brittany to serve the settlement that had formed west of the walled city of Quimper. [...]

The current neo-Gothic parish church replaces a late Gothic building, consecrated on October 28, 1514, which had been built in the 15th/16th centuries on the site of an earlier Romanesque church. The west tower was built in 1845 according to plans by the diocesan architect Joseph Bigot. The nave, transept, and choir were built from February 1895 to 1897 according to designs by Gustave Bigot on a cruciform ground plan on the foundations of the Gothic church. The previous Gothic church had A large stained-glass window depicting the Passion of Christ was preserved; it was transferred to the new parish church. A 17th-century Crucifixion window also survives.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St-Mathieu_(Quimper)

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Eisbär1281

July 31, 2025

Beautiful church near the city center.

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Saint-Mathieu Church

1. Quimper – Canal du Steir loop from Pennanguer

2. Canal du Steir – Quimper loop from Quimper

3. Canal du Steir – Quimper loop from Kermabeuzen

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