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l’Armorique (D42), for a 8 Ploubezre
view of the Baie de Locquirec. Road map C1. 3 km (2 miles) south
Several species of birds, of Lannion via the D11. * 2,700.
including sheldrake and n Mairie; (02) 96 47 15 51.
sandpiper, can also be seen here.
To discover so fine a chapel
Environs in a remote location such
The Château de Rosanbo, as this is always a pleasant
The Château de Rosanbo, owned by the which has been in the same surprise. Notre-Dame de
same family for 600 years family for 600 years, is located Kerfons, in Ploubezre, is one
just 6 km (4 miles) from Plestin- of the most exquisite examples
7 Plestin-les- les-Grèves. This fine residence of religious architecture
Grèves was restored in the Neo-Gothic in Brittany.
style in 1895. The chateau’s The chapel was built in
Road map C1. 15 km (9 miles) formal garden, with hedgerows the Flamboyant Gothic style,
southwest of Lannion via the D786. and bowers, was designed probably under the aegis of
* 3,300. @ Morlaix, Lannion and by Duchêne, the landscape a powerful local lord. When
Plouaret. n Place 19 Mars 1962; gardener who laid out the it was remodelled in the
(02) 96 35 61 93. ( Sun.
gardens at Vaux-le-Vicomte. Renaissance style, its builders
The jewel in the area around The architect Lafargue took the trouble to use stones
Plestin (Plistin in Breton) is a designed the library for the from the same quarry, the
wide, soft sandy beach known 8,000-book collection of better to blend the new style
as Lieue de Grève. This beach, Claude Le Pelletier, who was with the old.
which stretches for miles when to succeed Colbert as The detailed and elaborate
the tide is out, has held a strong Louis XIV’s finance decoration of
appeal for holiday-makers since minister. The dining the interior
the 1930s. Several holiday room was culminates in
residences, including the Villa reconstructed the rood
Trenkler (House of the Eagle) on the basis of screen, a
and Villa Lady Mond at the 18th-century tracery of
coastal village of St-Efflam, inventories. painted and
date from this period. The church gilt wood,
Unfortunately, since 1970, in the village of with reliefs
the water on this small stretch Lanvellec is also Altarpiece in the Chapelle de depicting
of coastline has been regularly worth a visit. It Notre-Dame de Kerfons Christ, the 12
infested with prolific, foul- contains a fine Apostles, St
smelling green algae. However, organ built by Robert Dallam Barbara and St Mary Magdalen.
if taking the sea air is out of the in 1653. The Château de Kergrist,
question, it is possible to climb built in 1537 by Jean de Kergrist
up to the Grand Rocher, which, + Château de Rosanbo and remodelled in the 17th and
80 m (262 ft) high, overlooks Lanvellec (D22). Tel (02) 96 35 18 77. 18th centuries, is characteristic
the beach, or to follow the Open Apr–Jun & Sep–Oct: daily pm; of the great Renaissance
coast road, the Corniche de Jul–Aug: daily. & 8 residences built by the Breton
aristocracy. The Huon de
Penanster family, which has
owned the castle since 1860,
has opened to visitors the
gardens and one of the three
blocks that frame the main
courtyard. The interior is filled
with interesting traditional
Breton furniture, including a
decorated wardrobe, and
tapestry door screens.
R Notre-Dame de Kerfons
Kerfons (D31b). Open mid-Jun–
mid-Sep: daily. & 8
+ Château de Kergrist
Ploubezre (D11). Tel 06 11 52 26
57. Open Jun–Aug: daily. 8
obligatory. Garden: Open Apr–
Oct: daily. & 7 Garden &
Lieue de Grève, a wide sandy beach north of Plestin-les-Grèves ground floor only.
For hotels and restaurants see pp225–6 and pp235–7

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