Église Saint-Barnabé, Langoëlan

The church of Saint-Barnabé is located in the commune of Langoëlan. The church is registered as a historical monument since April 24, 1925.

The church of Saint-Barnabé was built in the middle of the 16th century on the land of the lords of Coëtcodu. As founders, the latter had the right of pre-eminence, displayed their arms in the stone and in the windows, had a raised tomb in the middle of the choir and a bench on the side of the Gospel.

In 1716, the bell tower-porch was rebuilt and a font chapel was built on the north side. The church deteriorated after the Revolution and restoration work was carried out in 1827, between 1853 and 1857 and after the storm of 1987. In spite of the numerous alterations, the whole remains harmonious with a play of volume specific to Breton Gothic. Thus, the south façade presents successively an ossuary with large balusters surmounted by a ramp with a staircase leading to a Cornish bell tower, a porch and the south arm of the transept.

Although it retains a gabled entablature and runners, the interior space has been remodeled. The altarpiece of St. Barnabas in the choir dates from 1827. The south chapel houses the baroque altarpiece of St. Solomon since 1835, formerly placed in the now destroyed church of Merzer.

The furniture was enriched in the 20th century by the donation of a cathedra by Jacques Haïk and statues from the ruined chapel of Lochrist: Saint Barbe, Saint Mériadec, Saint Jag, Saint Marguerite trampling the dragon.