Côtes-d'Armor
The Côtes-d'Armor ( , ; ; , ), formerly known as Côtes-du-Nord until 1990 (, ), is a department in the north of Brittany, in northwestern France. In 2019, it had a population of 600,582.department of
Brittany
Brittany ( ) is a peninsula, historical country and cultural area in the north-west of modern France, covering the western part of what was known as Armorica in Roman Gaul. It became an Kingdom of Brittany, independent kingdom and then a Duch ...
in north-western
France
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.
Culture
The commune has a rich architectural and cultural heritage. The parish church of Saint-Brandan was rebuilt between 1852 and 1868. Within it, are some interesting items, including an organ, built in 1653 by the famous English organ builder,
Robert Dallam
Robert Dallam (born ca. 1602) was an English organ builder active in England and France. He was a member of the Dallam family of organ builders.
Robert's father, Thomas Dallam, died about 1630. The first organ Robert made independently from his fa ...
. The organ fell into disrepair in the last century but was given
historical monument
A monument is a type of structure that was explicitly created to commemorate a person or event, or which has become relevant to a social group as a part of their remembrance of historic times or cultural heritage, due to its artistic, historical ...
status in 1971. Its restoration by the Italian organ builder, Formentelli, was aided by the mysterious recent reappearance of the 150 pipes belonging to it.
Numerous musical events take place in the commune throughout the year, in particular the Festival de musique ancienne de Lanvellec in the autumn.
The Gothic
ossuary
An ossuary is a chest, box, building, well, or site made to serve as the final resting place of human skeletal remains. They are frequently used where burial space is scarce. A body is first buried in a temporary grave, then after some years th ...
dating from the fifteenth century is situated in the graveyard beside the church. It is one of the finest in Côtes-d'Armor.
The charmingly-situated chapel of Saint-Goulven, dating from the seventeenth century, possesses a coloured
reredos
A reredos ( , , ) is a large altarpiece, a screen, or decoration placed behind the altar in a Church (building), church. It often includes religious images.
The term ''reredos'' may also be used for similar structures, if elaborate, in secular a ...
, representing the
Last Supper
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in relief. Its
font
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For instance, the typeface Bauer Bodoni (shown in the figure) includes fonts " Roman" (or "regul ...
dates from 1652. The chapel of Saint-Maudez, dating from the beginning of the 16th century, features a handsome entrance in the form of an accolade, as well as unusual gargoyles.
The principal attractions of the chapel of Saint-Carré (or Notre Dame de Pitié) is its bell-tower, its external oratory beneath the porch, the two pillars of the gate to the parish church enclosure as well as a font dating from 1700. The chapel itself dates from 1696.
The chapel of Saint-Connay has a nearby roadside calvary. The chapel itself is a small rectangular building with 14th century fenestration within its south side. The north side and the ''chevet'' date from the seventeenth century.
The imposing château de Rosanbo was built around 1500 and is situated in a French-style park, designed by Lenotre. It can be visited between Easter and September. It has a noteworthy kitchen, guardroom, dining room,
hall
In architecture, a hall is a relatively large space enclosed by a roof and walls. In the Iron Age and the Early Middle Ages in northern Europe, a mead hall was where a lord and his retainers ate and also slept. Later in the Middle Ages, the gre ...
and library. The château contains important items of furniture as well as
Gobelin
Gobelin was the name of a family of dyers, who in all probability came originally from Reims, France, and who in the middle of the 15th century established themselves in the Faubourg Saint Marcel, Paris, on the banks of the Bièvre.
The first ...
tapestries.
The Breton singer
Denez Prigent
Denez Prigent (; born 17 February 1966 in Santec, Finistère) is a Breton people, Breton folk music, folk singer-songwriter of the ''gwerz'' and ''kan ha diskan'' styles of Music of Brittany, Breton music. From his debut at the age of 16, he was ...
owns a house in Lanvellec commune.
Population
Inhabitants of Lanvellec are called ''lanvellecois'' in French.
See also
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Communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department
The following is a list of the 348 communes of the Côtes-d'Armor department of France.
The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2025):