Plaudren: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Plaudren reveals its history through churches, chapels, manor houses and stone monuments from times long past. In addition, paths lead through forests and cultural landscapes, bringing together the different facets of the town.

Culture and History

In the town centre stands the Église Saint-Bily, a neo-Romanesque church completed in 1896. At the rear of the choir, an inscription in Breton appears on a mosaic band. The Chapelle de Chaupas, also known as Notre Dame des Fleurs, is a 16th-century building. Its reredos date from 1821 and include a statue of Notre Dame des Fleurs.

Several chapels reflect Plaudren’s architectural history from different periods. The present-day Chapelle Saint-Bily is Gothic Revival in style and was built in 1893. The Chapelle Sainte-Marie-Madeleine was completed in 1901, replacing an older building. Inside it stands a statue of Saint Mary Magdalene, who is regarded as the protector of people with leprosy.

The larger historic estates also bear traces from different periods. Château du Nedo was begun on the site of a former manor house and completed between 1881 and 1886. It displays a transitional Gothic Revival style in the Henri II style. The Manoir de Kergohler includes a 17th-century chapel dated 1688, whose interior was redesigned in the Gothic Revival style at the end of the 19th century. The mill at Moulin Morio is attributed to the 18th century, although its date is uncertain; the residential building dates from the mid-19th century.

Among the older monuments is the gallery grave of Mein Goarec, with its arched stones. It lies near Kerdiren in the territory of Plaudren.

Routes and Landscapes

The GRP© Plaudren–Trédion is a 17-kilometre route of moderate difficulty. On foot, it takes 4 hours 30 minutes; by mountain bike, 1 hour 45 minutes; and on horseback, 2 hours. The starting point is at the Église St Bily in Plaudren. The starting point of the Circuit des Rah Coëd is accessible by bus; a stop is less than 300 metres away. The Circuit des Rah Coëd passes megaliths, then continues through a sunken lane and afterwards through the Bois du Goluth.

A longer and more challenging connection is the GRP© Grand-Champ–Plaudren. The route is 29 kilometres long and is rated difficult. The stated times are 7 hours 20 minutes on foot, 4 hours 30 minutes by mountain bike and 5 hours 30 minutes on horseback.

To the east of Plaudren lies the Bois de Saint-Bily. Among the area’s notable stones is La Quenouille de Gargantua, a 5.70-metre-high granite block from the Neolithic period, dating approximately to around 4000 BC. According to local legend, Gargantua dropped a stone that was bothering him in his shoe; another tradition says that Gargantua’s wife dropped her spindle there.

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