Merlevenez - Notre-Dame-de-Joie

The Knights Templar founded a convent here with chapel dedicated to St. Mary Magdalene. Parts of this chapel may have been "incorporated" into Notre-Dame-de-Joie. Most of the nave, the transept and the apse date back to the 12th century. The southern, Romanesque portal is probably 12th century. The Gothic tracery window is younger than that.