Kermaria-an-Isquit

I spent last week on the north coast of Brittany, where it is BEAUTIFUL!! Whilst we were making a little jaunt one day, I spotted something interesting in my guide book that was really close to where we were passing, so we decided to take a detour and go off road to find it. It was the village chapel of Kermaria, a tiny village which nestles amidst corn fields set back from the main road. The reason for our visit was this - the chapel's painted depictions of The Danse Macabre, or The Dance of Death, the last festive dance you dance before you die, brought about during fear of death during the black plague.

The chapel was built around the 1400s and in the 1800s when it came to be demolished, the paintings were uncovered - they had all been white-washed over some time before! And thankfully it was decided to let the chapel stand after all!