12. from Locronan to Ste Anne la Palud
According to Wikipedia the Porzay is a plain of the Glazik country at the bottom of the bay of Douarnenez. The notion of plain is a relative thing...
Leaving Locronan and its Troménies, we will go to Ste Anne la Palud, place of another great pardon of Brittany which takes place in July. The stage will end on the "sentier des douaniers", the footpath that runs along the entire Brittany coastline.
3 points of interest
- Cultural
ND Chapel of Good News
This chapel is the fifth station of the Grande Troménie. Near the chapel is the fountain dedicated to St. Eutrope. The chapel was classified as a historical monument in 1915, the fountain and the adjoining Calvary in 1926. It has contemporary stained glass windows by Alfred Manessier (1985).
- Cultural
Fountain St Germain de Kerlaz
Fountain dated 1639 and dedicated to St Germain l'Auxérois. It is the only one in the region to have three ablutions basins in which people washed themselves and where animals came to drink.
- Historical
Jean-Marie Le Bris
Shortly before arriving at Ste Anne la Palud, a monument is erected in honour of Jean Marie Le Bris. He was born in 1817 in Concarneau and lived in Douarnenez. An experienced sailor, he is also a pioneer of aviation. Legend has it that he took off in 1856 in a "winged boat" - the Albatros - pulled by a galloping horse on the beach of Ste Anne la Palud, thus making the first manned flight of a heavier-than-air craft.
Description
From the square in front of the church of Locronan, go down the square and turn left on rue Moal in the direction of the Chapelle de Bonne Nouvelle. Pass in front of the chapel and the fountain and continue on the path. Cross the D63 and continue on to the red and white marked path.
- Take the waymarked path on the left and follow it through the villages of Rodou Glaz, and Toull Trink. Cross the D7 and join Plas ar Lochou and the Vieux Châtel, always following the signs.
- After having gone along the water reserve, at the level of the small pumping station, take the track on the right to go up towards the village of Kerlaz.
- Pass in front of the church of Kerlaz and take on the right the street "rue de la Fontaine St Germain" and continue the road in the direction of Kerléol. Pass this place and go down towards the coast.
- Arrived on the beach, turn to the right and follow the markings of the path of the customs officers until the mouth of Lapic. Go around the cove, and when you reach the hotel, take the road on the right towards the chapel of Ste Anne la Palud.
- Departure : St Ronan's church, Place de l'église - 29180 - Locronan
- Arrival : Chapel Ste Anne la Palud - 29550 - Plonévez-Porzay
- Towns crossed : Bretagne
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Transport
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