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The Plomodiern Parish close (Enclos paroissial) is located at Plomodiern in the Châteaulin arrondisement of Brittany in north-western France.
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Description
The chapel of Sainte Marie du Ménez-Hom at Plomodiern dates to the 16th century and stands in an enclos paroissial accessed through an 18th-century triumphal arch. This dates to 1739 and bears a statue of the blind Saint Hervé with his guide Guic'haran. The enclos has a calvary comprising three crosses inscribed "Jehan Le Faloder Fabricque Feist Iceste Croix Faire MVCXLIIII". The bell tower porch is elaborate and was built in various stages between 1668 and 1773. It has a lanterned dome imitating that in Rome. The chapel's frontage gives onto the enclos' grass patch (placître) and the building itself has used granite from the Logonna quarries for the southern section, a tougher granite from another area for the middle section and grey granite from Armorica for the surrounds to the doors and windows for the section built from 1570 to 1591.
The baroque altarpieces
Inside the chapel are three baroque altarpieces, that belonging to the master altar and those in the altars placed in the south and north of the chapel. . All three are dated to between 1703 and 1710 and have been listed as historic monuments since 24 December 1912. The master altar includes depictions of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Family (Sainte Famille) with Saint Joachim, Saint Joseph and Saint Anne. It was the work of Jean Le Séven and Jean Cévaër. The altarpiece in the south of the church celebrates Saint Peter, Saint James, Saint Andrew and Saint Paul whilst that in the north of the church depicts John the Baptist, Saint Louis, Saint Lawrence and Mary Magdalene.
The Calvary
The 7.50 metre high calvary dates to 1544 and comprises three crosses, the larger cross bears the crucified Jesus backed by a depiction of Jesus seated and awaiting the crucifixion process to start and underneath him are two men on horseback and on a lower crosspiece a statue of Saint Peter is placed back to back with John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene back to back with Saint Yves these placed on either side of a Roland Doré "Vierge de Pitié" backed by a depiction of the Virgin Mary with child. At the base of the cross, Mary Magdalene appears again, this time on her knees and looking up to Jesus on the cross. The good and bad robbers occupy the two other crosses.