Bégard : Sainte-tunnel chapel of Botlézan

Botlézan means "people of the nun" and was founded by Sainte Tunevel, the sister of Saint-Idunet, who established her sister in a small hermitage, around which some houses gathered. Botlézan was part of the bishopric of Tréguier. It is a typical chapel of Breton buildings built in the great outdoors, often near an old sacred source. The chapel was started in the 15th century, and it retained from this time the first two southern spans of the nave and the southern chapel. The rest of the structure dates from the 17th century, while the sacristy (1702) and part of the northern facade were added to the 18th century. It is a rectangular plan building with a flat bedside, to which is added, to the south, a porch and a chapel. On the west facade, the tower of the bell tower, rectangular, stands with an openwork balcony and an open bell room, surmounted by a hexagonal stone arrow. A round staircase turret is hung on this bell tower. The southern facade presents, at the west end, a small openwork ossuary with a baluster, decorated with a skull over two cross bones and the inscription "Rerat in Pace". Inside, there are paneling. At the northwest corner, the chapel of the baptismal font is defined by a stone wall surmounted by a wooden fence.