Abbeys, Monasteries and Priories in the Finistère

Gothic Church
29000 Quimper

The priory of Locmaria, a former Benedictine monastery of the 11th century in Quimper, includes a Romanesque church and 17th-century claustral remains. Ranked a historic monument, it dominates the left bank of the Odet in Brittany.

Gothic Church
29410 Plounéour-Ménez

The Relec Abbey, founded in 1132 in Plounéour-Ménez, Brittany, is an iconic Cistercian abbey from the 12th to the 18th centuries, classified as a historical monument since 1914. Its ruins, gardens and fountains still bear witness to its religious and agricultural past.

Abbey
29300 Quimperlé

The Abbey of Saint-Colomban, founded in the 13th century in Quimperlé, Brittany, is now reduced to ruins classified as Historic Monument, including a wall with an iconic ogival bay.

Priory
29260 Le Folgoët

The Priory of Folgoët, a 15th century Gothic mansion located in Folgoët, Brittany, served as a residence for the dean and hotel for the pilgrims of Notre Dame.

Gothic Church
29217 Plougonvelin

The Saint-Mathieu Abbey of Fine-Terre, founded in the 11th century in Plougonvelin (Finistry), is an ancient Benedictine abbey in ruins, classified as a Historic Monument. This emblematic site of Brittany, marked by centuries of looting and reconstruction, dominates the extreme tip of Finistère, facing the ocean.

Romanesque Church
29560 Landévennec

The Saint-Guénolé Abbey of Landévennec, founded in the fifth century, is an emblematic Breton monastery located on the peninsula of Crozon. Its remains, classified as historical monuments, bear witness to its major role in the evangelization and monastic history of Brittany, from the Carolingian to the Maurist periods.

Romanesque Church
29300 Quimperlé

The Abbey of Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé, a former Benedictine abbey of the 11th century in Brittany, is famous for its rotonde Romanesque church and its preserved medieval crypt. Ranked a historic monument, it dominates the city at the confluence of Isole and Ellé.

Abbey
29870 Landéda

The Abbey of Notre-Dame des Anges, founded in the 16th century in Landeda, Brittany, is a former convent of Cordeliers and then of the Recollets, partially preserved despite fires and subsequent transformations.