Chapel of Sainte-Barbe

Situated on the northern Finistère coast, Saint-Pol de Léon is a city of art and history with a monumental architectural heritage. Inherited from a time of prosperity and opulence, the monuments of the former episcopal city are of exceptional quality and constitute an essential historical centre in Brittany. St Paul Aurélien Cathedral, a true architectural jewel, bears witness to the soul and history of the land of Leon.

Rising 78 metres towards the sky, the bell tower of the Notre Dame du Kreisker chapel is the highest in Brittany. Its foundation dates back to the 6th century. A young linen maid who had worked on a non-working feast day in honour of the Virgin, despite the admonitions of Saint Kirec (or Guévroc), was suddenly paralysed from all her limbs. After his repentance, the saint was healed and she gave him her house to make a chapel. It was named "Kreis- ker" because it was situated in the middle of a village, a suburb of the city. The first wooden chapel did not resist the ravages of the Normans in the 9th century. Tradition reports that the English, after having burnt the town in 1375, rebuilt the Kreisker, certain architectural elements such as the "perpendicular style" to the tower's stump being clearly influenced from across the Channel.

Saint Marguerite is the last remaining standing chapel of Henvic. This building represents a beautiful Heritage on the commune of Henvic, appreciated by many visitors, in the magnificent environment of the Penzé at the Pont de la Corde. The Sainte-Marguerite chapel dates from the 15th and 16th centuries and was restored in 1878. There is a wooden statue of Saint Marguerite slaying the dragon and her pardon Notre-Dame d'Espérance takes place every 15th August. It is in this chapel that were traditionally deposited the bodies of shipwrecked people found in the waters of the Penzé or on the surrounding coasts.