Chapter XXII: Part 22

The more important places are Quimper, Brest, Morlaix, Quimperle, St Pol-de-Leon, Douarnenez, Concarneau, Roscoff, Penmarc'h and Pont-l'Abbe. Finistere abounds in menhirs and other megalithic monuments, of which those of Penmarc'h, Plouarzal and Crozon are noted. The two religious structures characteristic of Brittany--calvaries and charnel-houses--are frequently met with. The calvaries of Plougastel-Daoulas, Pleyben, St Thegonnec, Lampaul-Guimiliau, which date from the 17th century, and that of Guimiliau (16th century), and the charnel-houses of Sizun and St Thegonnec (16th century) and of Guimiliau (17th century) may be instanced as the most remarkable. Daoulas has the remains of a fine church and cloister in the Romanesque style. The chapel of St Herbot (16th century) near Loqueffret, the churches of St Jean-du-Doigt and Locronan, which belong to the 15th and 16th centuries, those of Ploare, Roscoff, Penmarc'h and Pleyben of the 16th century, that of Le Folgoet (14th and 16th centuries), and the huge chateau of Kerjean (16th century) are of architectural interest. Religious festivals, and processions known as "pardons," are held in many places, notably at Locronan, St Jean-du-Doigt, St Herbot and Le Faou.

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