Our Blog - Ploerdut, France

As you can probably tell, there are lots of little villages sprinkled around Brittany. Ploërdut comes from the Breton "Plou" meaning "Parish" and the "dut" referring to "Ildut" which is a Breton monk/saint. Put together, we get the parish of Saint Ildut.

The only thing we visited in the town is the 11th-century Eglise Saint Pierre. The church today has Saint Peter as its patron saint, but it was probably originally placed under the patronage of Saint Ildut, patron saint of the parish. The nave and its aisles from the 11th and 12th centuries remain from the Romanesque building. In the 14th or 15th century, the bell tower and porch was added. In the 16th century, part of the transept and the ossuary were erected (the ossuary is the part on the outside that have open slits). From the 17th to the 19th century, additional transepts were built.

Originally I thought the paneled roof was old, but it only dates from 1977. The altarpiece with Saint Peter dates (I think) from the 17th century.