Plonévez-Du-Faou: Holiday apartments and holiday homes

Plonévez-du-Faou combines sacred architectural history with paths through a green, largely unspoilt setting and local September traditions.

Culture and history

Saint-Herbot is a religious ensemble consisting of a chapel, a calvary and an enclosing wall. Later additions to the Saint-Herbot chapel include a south porch begun in 1498 and completed about ten years later, a west portal with bell tower begun in 1516, and the extension and vaulting of the adjoining chapel to the south in 1545. Relics of the holy hermit, who was regarded as the protector of herds, were venerated in the Saint-Herbot chapel. A first church in Saint-Herbot was destroyed during the Breton War of Succession (1341–1364).

The Chapelle Saint Eutrope, le Quilliou dates from the 16th century; its south porch dates from 1688. It was a parish church until 1820, when it was incorporated into Plonévez.

The Chapelle Saint-Clair, Quistillic, is a single-nave chapel from the 16th century with a Latin-cross floor plan; it was built of granite, sandstone and slate. It is located on a slope above a spring that emerges further down in a fountain.

Paths and landscape

An 11 km circular route runs through the territory of the municipality of Plonévez-du-Faou. The Saint-Herbot chapel is the starting point for a hike through a green and largely unspoilt setting. In Plonévez-du-Faou, there is the hiking trail “De Saint-Herbot aux éoliennes”.

Local traditions

The Fête du beurre at Saint-Herbot takes place on the last Sunday in September. The Pardon of the Chapelle Saint Eutrope, le Quilliou, is celebrated on the third Sunday in September. PAFA offers traditional butter-making using old-fashioned methods.

Other places

La Forest-Landerneau, Plouhinec, Trezien, Locmaria-Berrien, Irvillac, Plouégat-Moysan, Rédené, Plomodiern

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