Church Saint-Armel in Ploërmel, Gothic church in Ploërmel, France.

Church Saint-Armel is a Gothic stone church in central Ploërmel. A tall square granite tower with a flat balustraded top and corner pinnacles rises at the left, pierced by tall arched openings. The main body has a steep dark slate roof with triangular gables along the side, each holding a large pointed window with tracery, and slender buttresses divide the walls.

A chapel of Saint Armel preceded the present church. After the parish bell tower collapsed in 1508, the church was rebuilt between 1511 and 1602. The tower lost its spire after a lightning strike in 1727; the masonry was raised and topped with a balustrade in 1733. The church was listed as a monument historique in 1840.

The north entrance was built around 1530 and displays one of the most complete religious iconographic programs from medieval Brittany. The carvings and decorations at this portal tell stories from the Christian tradition and offer insight into the beliefs of that era.

The south facade is the easiest to see in full; houses built a few metres from the chevet block any overall view of the east end. The Place Saint-Armel to the north dates from 1750, when the old town wall was demolished and its ditch filled with the rubble. The tower's octagonal turret holds the stair to the top.

The two recumbent effigies of Dukes John II and John III of Brittany lie on a single tomb built for them in 1820, when the Morbihan general council had the figures restored. Their original tombs stood with the Carmelites, were damaged in 1790, and the gisants were only reunited here afterwards.