Guer No. 2 / Gwern-Porc'hoed / Gwern Porc'hoet / Wern

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view of church exterior - northwest view
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church interior - painting

Scene Description: late-medieval (15thC?) mural paintings
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2014 by Isa2886 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Peintures_Prieuré_Saint-Etienne.jpg] [accessed 1 August 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20685GUE
Church/Chapel: Chapelle du prieuré Saint-Étienne
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: 56380 Guer, France -- Tel.: +33 2 97 93 26 74
Country Name: France
Location: Morbihan, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located off the D776-D773-D772-D311 crossroads, just E of Porcaro, at the edge of the famous Forêt de Brocéliande, 43 km SW of Rennes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Vannes [ancien évêché d'Alet-Saint-Malo]
Historical Region: Pays de Guer
Century and Period: 9th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 9thC priory (?) chapel built on Gallo-Roman site -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00091244]: "Petit édifice sans doute remonté à l'époque carolingienne avec des matériaux et peut-être une partie du soubassement datant de l'époque gallo-romaine [...] 9e siècle".
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COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
47.9051,
-2.17139
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
47° 54′ 18.36″ N,
2° 10′ 17″ W
UTM: 30T 561924 5306085