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Le Gorvello – Chapel of St. Roch

The chapel of St. Roch stands on the outskirts of the village next to the cemetery.

Recent restorations have revealed particularly interesting frescos behind the altar, artistically carved beams, as well as two low windows in the western wall next to the door. Because the earliest "aumonerie" at le Gorvello served as hospice to the plagued and leprous, it is believed that these windows served to allow the ill to partake in religious services and still remain separated from the other healthy parishioners.

Outside the chapel, stands a 15-foot stone cross, carved from one of the prehistoric megaliths that stood on the site.