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Home / France / Key Places to Visit / Far North-West France: Brittany / Saint-Pol-de-Leon

Saint-Pol-de-Leon

Notable local church architecture

Just south of Roscoff through the artichoke fields (6 km via D769), the unassuming town of Saint-Pol-de-Léon harbours two notable examples of Breton ecclesiastical architecture. Built between the 13th-16thC from local stone, the former Cathédrale de Sainth-Paul is a remarkably harmonuous and elegant building, its facade flanked by towers and the interior decorated with fine stained glass and 16thC choir stalls.

A short walk downhill, the 14th-15thC Chapelle de Kreisker boasts the original Breton Kreisker-style spired belfry widely copied throughout the region. This Gothic extravaganza is 75 m high, with views across the countryside to the coast and south to the Monts d’Arrée.

Other nearby places...

  • Ile d’Ouessant

    Southern entrance to the Channel

  • Brittany’s Parish Closes

    Fine local architecture and sculpture

  • Mont-Saint-Michel

    Iconic offshore abbey-on-a-rock

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