Locronan Travel guide

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Locronan : Michelin's recommendations

This extraordinary settlement used to be a prosperous place thanks to the sailcloth industry. From this time of great splendour, the village retains a lovely square with its granite houses that were built during the Renaissance, its old well, a vast church and a lovely chapel. Elegant houses also line the streets. The Locronan mountain that dominates it offers a very original spectacle on pilgrimage days, known as “Troménies”.

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The square

place de l'Église F - 29180 Locronan

It is set in the centre of a historical town, listed in 1936, and has Renaissance granite houses, an old well, as well as a vast church and its pretty chapel. The houses were once inhabited by king's officers or wealthy merchants.

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St. Ronan Church and Pénity Chapel

place de l'Église F - 29180 Locronan

These buildings are joined together and communicate with one another. The 15C church houses rich furniture: a pulpit from 1707 retraces the life of St. Ronan. A 15C apse stained-glass window shows Passion scenes. The chapel houses St. Ronan's tombsto..

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Museum

Rte de Châteaulin F - 29180 Locronan

This fine museum displays Quimper earthenware, stoneware, costumes from the Locronan area, an evocation of «troménies» (annual Breton pilgrimages), objects from ancient trades (stone-cutter, weaver, clog-maker, basket maker), as well as contemporary ..

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