This park is dedicated to the memory of two quarrymen and displays granite used in an unusual way. This noble material, the basis for unique poetic landscapes, has inspired many artists over the years, reflected today in the art installation in this park, consisting of around twenty modern sculptures created in 1998 and 2007.
The Toëno area, which shows evidence of the granite extraction work of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, is also a marshland of outstanding ecological value. If you visit at low tide, you will...
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Construction of Saint Jacques Church began in the eleventh century using granite from the area and further construction followed over the years, resulting in today's patchwork of architectural...
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Dating from before 2,000 B.C., the megaliths of Kerguntuil are the impressive remnants of the structures built by Neolithic man. These immense monuments of assembled stones (the gallery grave is 9...
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Several hundreds of millions of years old, granite is timeless. Even now, its high quality makes it a material of choice for many uses. The marine bears testament to this: its wall was built from...
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