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u Plougastel-
Daoulas
Road map B2. * 12,000. @ from
Brest. n Place du Calvaire; (02) 98 40
34 98. ( Thu am. _ Fête des Fraises
(second Sun in Jun); Pardon de la
Fontaine-Blanche (15 Aug).
Lying between the Elorn and
Daoulas rivers, the Plougastel
peninsula is a world apart.
Plougastel-Daoulas (Plougastell-
Daoulaz in Breton) itself only
came under the administration
of Brest in 1930.
The character of the area is Abbaye de Daoulas, founded in 1167 by Augustinians
well illus trated in the Musée de
la Fraise et du Patrimoine, i Daoulas con tinues in a garden near
which focuses on local culture Road map B2. * 1,866. @ From the cloisters that contains 300
(furni ture, ceremonial dress and Brest. n Landerneau; (02) 98 85 13 species native to Brittany, Asia,
the tradition of pain des âmes, 09. ( Sun am. Africa and Oceania. At the far
special loaves eaten on All Soul’s end of the abbey grounds is
Day) and on the history of local The town of Daoulas (Breton: Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines,
strawberry-growing, from the Daoulaz) developed thanks to a charming oratory of 1550.
time that the first plants were the linen-weaving and kaolin-
brought back from Chile by extraction industries. T Abbaye de Daoulas
Amédée-François Frézier in Augustinian canons foun ded 21 Rue de l’Église. Tel (02) 98 25 84 39.
1712, to the conquest of the the abbey here in 1167. When Open May–mid-Jun & mid- Sep–Dec:
British market in the early they left in 1984, the pm daily; mid-Jun–mid-Sep: daily.
years of the 20th century. département of & 8
In 1602, the inhabitants Finistère bought
built an elaborate calvary the buildings and
to thank God for the converted them into o Landerneau
passing of an epidemic a cultural centre Road map B2. * 15,035. n 9 Place
of plague. Similar to that devoted to the Gén. de Gaulle; (02) 98 85 13 09.
at Guimiliau (see p144), world’s great £ Place François-Mitterrand.
it has 180 figures civilizations. @ Quai Barthélemy-Kerros. ( Tue &
depicting scenes Poster, Musée de Of particular Fri, am, Sat. _ Festival Kann al Loar
from the life of Christ. la Fraise interest are the (Jul); Festival du Bruit (mid-Aug).
remains of the
E Musée de la Fraise et du cloisters, with 32 arcades and a One of the most striking
Patrimoine monolithic fountain, decorated features of Landerneau
Rue Louis-Nicolle. Tel (02) 98 40 21 18. with masks and geometric (Landerne in Breton) is the Pont
Open Apr–May & Oct–Dec: Wed–Fri & motifs such as stars, guilloche de Rohan, built in 1510 and one
Sun pm; Jun & Sep: Mon–Sun pm; Jul– patterns, wheels and crosses. of the few surviving habitable
Aug: Mon–Fri, Sat–Sun pm. 8 by The monastic tradition of bridges in Europe. The houses
arrangement. & 7 growing medicinal herbs and shops of metalworkers,

The historic Pont de Rohan in Landerneau, a bridge all but hidden by the buildings on it
For hotels and restaurants see pp226–7 and pp238–9

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