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In the countryside around
Plouescat are two jewels of
religious architecture: the parish
close of Notre-Dame de Berven,
5 km (3 miles) northeast of
Plouescat, and the Chapelle
Notre-Dame-de-Lambader,
9 km (5 miles) to the east of
the town.
In the Église Notre-Dame-de-
Berven, the Virgin is traditionally
invoked to help young children
learn to walk at an early age. The
church has a stone chancel and a
wooden rood screen with reliefs
The 16th-century covered market in Plouescat, a rare sight in Brittany showing the four scenes from
the Passion of Christ. A superb
6 Plouescat fourth side, thus forming the late 16th-century Virgin of Jesse
main courtyard. The more of Flemish or Rhenish inspiration
Road map B1. 14 km (9 miles) west of
St-Pol-de-Léon via the D10. * 3,780. austere Château de Kerouzéré, stands in a shuttered niche.
@ Brest then change at Lesneven. 9 km (5 miles) east of Plouescat, Notre-Dame-de-Lambader
n 5 Rue des Halles; (02) 98 69 62 18. is a fortified castle with a has a balustraded belfry with
( Sat am. _ Horse racing in the machicolated rampart walk four corner-towers like that of
Baie du Kernic (Aug). ∑ roscoff- and thick granite walls. Built Notre-Dame-du-Kreisker in
tourisme.com between 1425 and 1458 by St-Pol-de-Léon (see p126). The
Jehan de Kerouzéré, it was Flamboyant Gothic rood screen
The two most memorable twice besieged during the Wars (1481) is flanked by a spiral
features of Plouescat (Ploueskad of the Holy League (see p50). staircase and a 16th-century
in Breton), a major coastal The Château de Maillé, 3 km statue of the Virgin that is
resort and centre of vegetable (2 miles) south of Plouescat, is carried in procession at the
production, are its beach, the different again. Remodelled in Whitsun pardon.
Plage du Pors Meur, and the about 1560 in late Renaissance
16th-century covered market, style by the Carman-Goulaine 7 Château de
one of the few remaining family, it has an elegant pavilion.
in Brittany. The most romantic of all the Kerjean
castles here is the Château de See pp130–31.
Environs Kergournadeac’h, 6 km (4 miles)
Further inland are several south of Plouescat, although it
interesting chateaux. Among is gutted. Built in the 17th 8 Goulven
them is the Château de century by the Kerc’hoënt and Road map B1. 23 km (14 miles) west
Traonjoly, an attractive Rosmadec-Molac families, it was of St-Pol-de-Léon via the D10. * 460.
Renaissance manor 4 km destroyed a century later on n Plounéour-Trez; (02) 98 83 45 03.
(3 miles) northeast of Plouescat. the orders of its owner, the
The main building is flanked by Marchioness of Granville; it is said The 16th-century church in
wings set at right angles to it. A that she feared that so beautiful Goulven has an interesting
balustraded terrace closes the a residence would keep her son interior. It contains a small
away from the royal court. altar with reliefs of the six
miracles performed by
+ Château de Traonjoly St Goulven, and painted
Cléder. Tel (02) 98 69 43 01 (Cléder wooden panels depicting the
tourist office). saint with Count Even de
+ Château de Kerouzéré Charruel, who fought at the
Sibiril. Tel (02) 98 29 96 05. 8 Jul– Battle of Thirty (see p46). The
Aug: timings vary, phone ahead. belfry, built on the model of
that of Notre-Dame-du
+ Château de Maillé Kreisker in St-Pol-de-Léon
Plounévez-Lochrist. Tel (06) 22 51 12 (see p126), overlooks a wide
96. 8phone ahead for opening and
tour times. & bay. At low tide the sea retreats
5 km (3 miles), making the
+ Château de Kergounadeac’h bay a favourite spot for sand
5 km (3 miles) south of Plouescat on yachting. It also attracts
the D30. 8 Jul–Aug: by arrangement many different species of
Château de Kerouzéré near with the tourist office in Cléder birds, including curlew, teal
Plouescat (see above). and sandpiper.
For hotels and restaurants see pp226–7 and pp238–9

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