Church of Saint-Martin

The new glass building has a remarkable architectural asset: it is a link between the Flamboyant Gothic and Renaissance styles. This transition from one style to the other is very visible on the south façade. This one also has a rarity: a beautiful pulpit to preach outside where the preachers of the Counter-Reformation could unleash themselves against the Huguenots... installed in the building opposite, across the street!

The Sainte-Anne de la Chevalerie chapel is located in Livré-sur-Changeon, in Brittany. It dates from the seventeenth century and was founded by Jeanne du Feu, lady of the Knights. Originally, it was the chapel of the Manor of La Chevalerie; it became "frairienne" as early as the 18th century. In 1878, the building was remodeled in Gothic Revival style: a bell tower was added and the choir was modified to introduce a skylight.

Founded in the 12th century, rebuilt in the 15th and 16th centuries, the church was disoriented and enlarged in the 19th century and equipped with a portal and a rose window six metres in diameter in flamboyant gothic style. Outside, the building conceals many curiosities, notably on the north façade with its balusters and its curious gargoyles. The south chapel houses the oldest stained glass window (12th century) in Brittany, which comes from the abbey of Saint-Denis near Paris and the Assumption a painting by Achille Dévéria from 1835. The north chapel holds a painting by Eugène Dévéria (19th century). The church tower can be visited during the high season.