A well-kept church ruin from the 17th century. The church spire was destroyed after the peasant revolts at the behest of Louis XIV. The church then fell into disrepair.

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July 19, 2023

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Built around 1280, this church has had a particularly turbulent history!

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June 8, 2019

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The Église Saint-Jacques in Lambour, the latter now part of the city of Pont-l'Abbé, is the ruins of a church, dating back to the 13th century. When the peasants of Lambour in the peasant uprisings of the 17th century - like many Breton communities - the forehead of the French crown, was at the behest of Louis XIV the church spire destroyed. In the following decades, the church declined further, after the French Revolution, it was finally abandoned.

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Elevation 10 m

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