St Thegonnec Attractions

The little town of St Thégonnec (pop. 2,200) is famed for its magnificent enclos paroissial (16th-17th C). It is entered through a monumental gateway (1587). The burial chapel (chapelle funéraire) (1676-1682), one of the finest Renaissance buildings in Brittany, contains an "Entombment" of painted wood by Jacques Lespaignol (1699-1702) and a valuable treasury. The calvaire (1610) has three crosses with scenes from Christ's Passion. The church dates from the 16th C but was much altered in the 17th and 18th; the belfry was built in 1563. The main features of the interior are the pulpit (1683) and the carved woodwork of the apse and transepts (17th and 18th C).