Église Saint-Mélaine de Morlaix, Gothic church in Morlaix, France.

Église Saint-Mélaine de Morlaix is a Gothic church with a tower crowned by a zinc spire and detailed stonework along its exterior. Large windows fill the interior with light and reveal the careful craftsmanship put into both the facade and the spaces within.

Parishioners judged the old church too small and had it rebuilt from 6 July 1489, starting with the south porch, whose band of angels records the year. Three stonecutters of the Beaumanoir family worked there from 1490; Philippe Beaumanoir led the tower from 1511 to 1516, and it was finished in 1574. A clock was installed in 1564.

The south porch bears a banderole held by two angels, inscribed "L'an mil quatre cents quatre vingt neuf fut comancée ceste eglise de par Dieu". In 1610 and 1611 Lozesh painted the timber vault of this porch and the inner tympanum. Posters on the pillars today announce parish events such as Epiphany.

The church stands in central Morlaix, its base partly hidden by neighbouring buildings, so approach on foot through the surrounding streets. Inside, a central stone-paved aisle runs between rows of light wooden chairs toward the altar recess. Look for the posters on the pillars, including one marked "EPIPHANIE" and another reading "KTO".

During World War II, a bomb struck the presbytery garden in 1943 and caused serious damage to the building. Rebuilding after this bombing was one of the major challenges the church faced in recent history.