Church of Saint-Jean-Baptiste

The Cistercian abbey of Le Relec has been for more than 8 centuries an atypical place that you sometimes have to look for and that always gives the visitor who arrives there the feeling of arriving in an oasis, a little apart from the world. Far from the urban centres, sheltered from any human agitation, the Abbaye du Relec has been present on the territory of the Monts d'Arrée since the 12th century. The second Cistercian abbey established in Brittany, it is representative of the Cistercian ideals of that time. Today, the abbey-church of Romanesque origin but modified several times, the remains of the cloister, the ponds, the pavement lined with tall trees, the 18th century fountain and the old gardens surrounded by a deep moat, give the place a dual heritage identity: cultural and natural.

Sizun owes its fame to its magnificent parish enclosure, which it owes to the prosperity of the linen industry it enjoyed in the 16th, 17th and early 18th centuries (more than 35 factories were counted there). The parish enclosure of SIZUN, classified as a Historic Monument, is distinguished from other towns by its unique architecture whose ingenuity forces admiration. The Gothic style bell tower is one of the last with spire erected in Brittany, under the reign of Louis XV and bears the dates 1728/1735. It rests on four pillars and has no foundation. Its slender spire, of great finesse, culminates at 56 m. The Arc de Triomphe (1585/1590) is the monument that strikes the attention of all visitors to the parish enclosure. It gave access to the cemetery which, in the past, was located around the church. It is said to be the most beautiful of its kind in Brittany.

The church of Saint-Mélaine, in flamboyant gothic style (xve century) dedicated to Melaine de Rennes. The priory of Saint-Mélaine was founded between 1149 and 1157 following a donation from Guyomarc'h III, Lord of Morlaix. The church was built at the end of the 15th century by the Beaumanoir workshop of architects. In 1879, the roof lantern of the church was replaced by a wooden spire covered with zinc. The church houses beautiful sandpits and statues from the 15th to the 19th century, as well as a Dallam organ restored in 1971.