Most of the church at Trédrez was built around 1500 in a flamboyant Gothic style using granite. It was then extended in 1699 with a south transept, and again in the 19th century. These latter additions were built in a flamboyant Gothic style, giving the whole a great deal of unity. The main porch, surmounted by a secretariat where the factory council used to meet, is flanked by a pointed cross with the arms of the lords of Coatrédrez as keystones.
The church is in the Beaumanoir style, with its characteristic bell tower-wall, buttresses and access turret housing a spiral staircase, its gargoyles and its chevet with multiple valleys.
Near the main entrance, to the south, is a schist stone known as the ‘pillow of Saint-Yves’. This stone used to lie in a field near Kervorgan and was the object of superstitious practices. It was brought back by the rector and blessed in the 19th century. This anecdote reminds us that Saint-Yves, patron saint of the professions of justice and law, and above all patron saint of the Breton people, was rector of Trédrez from 1284 to 1292.
The church is home to a treasure protected by armoured glass: the altarpiece of Notre-Dame, Fleur de Jessé, a precious work in polychrome wood and gilded leaf dating from the 16th century. It depicts Mary carrying the infant Jesus, surrounded by the line of Kings of Israel from which she descends. The oldest ancestor, Jesse, lies sleeping on the ground. From him grows a trunk whose branches bear 12 kings, including David playing the harp. Mary, the new Eve, crushes the head of a demon with her foot, the Eve of original sin, who presents her with an apple in her claw.
Open from 1 July to 31 August.
Out of season, the key can be collected from the Town Hall.
It is located on a hiking trail.
The church is in the Beaumanoir style, with its characteristic bell tower-wall, buttresses and access turret housing a spiral staircase, its gargoyles and its chevet with multiple valleys.
Near the main entrance, to the south, is a schist stone known as the ‘pillow of Saint-Yves’. This stone used to lie in a field near Kervorgan and was the object of superstitious practices. It was brought back by the rector and blessed in the 19th century. This anecdote reminds us that Saint-Yves, patron saint of the professions of justice and law, and above all patron saint of the Breton people, was rector of Trédrez from 1284 to 1292.
The church is home to a treasure protected by armoured glass: the altarpiece of Notre-Dame, Fleur de Jessé, a precious work in polychrome wood and gilded leaf dating from the 16th century. It depicts Mary carrying the infant Jesus, surrounded by the line of Kings of Israel from which she descends. The oldest ancestor, Jesse, lies sleeping on the ground. From him grows a trunk whose branches bear 12 kings, including David playing the harp. Mary, the new Eve, crushes the head of a demon with her foot, the Eve of original sin, who presents her with an apple in her claw.
Open from 1 July to 31 August.
Out of season, the key can be collected from the Town Hall.
It is located on a hiking trail.
