La Chapelle de Rosquelfen Traditional Geocache
La Chapelle de Rosquelfen
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La Chappelle de Rosquelfen debut du 16eme Siecle. Elle est un ancienne eglise succursale dediee a Notre Dame de Bon Secours. Avant la revolution, Rosquelfen etait une treve de la paroisse de Laniscat. Apres le concordat de 1801, elle devint chappelle rirale, avant d'etre rattachee a la paroisse de Gouarec, en 1922.
En 1792, Andre Le Pape, Vicaire, refusant de preter serment a la constitution civile du Clerge, se cacha chez un cultivateur de Ste Trephine, chez qui il fut arrete le 3 decembre 1797; condamne aux travaux forces et deporte en Guyane, il y mourut le 17 decembre 1798.
La toiture de la Chepelle fut fefaite en 1958, et le clocher restaure en 1989. Les vitraux modernes datent de 1993.
A l'exterieur, on remarque le clocher, date de 1668, le porche orne de fleurons et de tetes d'animaux, les fenetres a lancettes, les verrieres elancees, ainsi que le Calvaire du XVIeme Siecle, fortement degrade a la Revolution. La Chappelle renferme des sablieres, deux credences, des anciennes et un retable du XVIeme Siecle.
Le Pardon annuel a lieu le ler dimanche de Juillet
The Chapel of Rosquelfen dates from the beginning of the 16th Century.
It was a former subsidiary chapel dedicated to Notre Dame de Bon Secour. Before the French revolution, Rosquelfen was a ward of the parish of Laniscat. Following the 1801 concordat, it became a rural chapel, before being attached to the parish of Gouarec in 1922..
In 1722 the curate, Andre Le Pape, who had refused to swear allegiance to the civil constitution of the clergy, hid himself on a Sainte Trephine farm, where he was arrested on the 3rd December 1797; he was sentenced to hard labour and deported to French Guyana where he died on the 17th December 1798.
The Chapel roof was rebuilt in 1958, and the church tower restored in 1989. The modern stained glass windows date from 1993.
Worth noting on the outside of the building is the tower dating from 1668, the entrance porch decorated with finials and sculpted heads of animals, the lancet shaped window casements, the soaring windows as well as the Calvary dating from the 16th century, which was greatly damaged during the Revolution.
The Chapel contains roof-supporting string pieces, two credence tables, many ancient statues and a 16th century retable.
The annual pardon or religious festival takes place every first Sunday of July.
The Cache is a small container. Green geocache sticker on top. Contains Thanks Mom Stone, Whooly Sheep, pack of six pens, Log book and pencil.
Additional Hints
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Whfg yrsg bs guveq pbyhza naq 2 zrgerf sbejneq.