In the area around CozPors bay, you can see many unusually-shaped pink granite rocks. Have you seen the white statue standing on top of the granite rock formations above the Marine Aquarium? Dubbed "Jésus sauveur du monde" (Jesus, saviour of the world) when it was built in 1869, it has since been nicknamed "Le Père Éternel" (the Eternal Father). Painted white, this statue served as a seamark for sailors.
The pink granite lighthouse stands in the middle of the chaotic rock formations formed by the erosion of cooled magma then shaped by the rain, salty sea spray and wind. Its name, "phare de Mean Ruz",...
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There is evidence of very early human religious and economic activity in this area. Its name, Brenn Guiler, meaning "hill of the Roman village", bears testament to the presence of the Romans in...
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Formerly an island, Île Renote was joined to the mainland in 1895 by construction of a road, forming a peninsula. It has an exceptional geological and human history. Inhabited for 5,000 years, it...
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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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