Locronan

Sailcloth woven from local hemp made Locronan rich, and the merchants' granite houses with slate roofs still frame its paved square, its well and the church of Saint-Ronan, built between 1430 and 1480. The town is named after an Irish hermit, and each July pilgrims walk the Troménie, a procession that becomes a 12 km circuit once every six years. Roman Polanski filmed Tess here.

Highlights

• Church of Saint-Ronan and the Pénity chapel with the saint's tomb
• The Troménie pilgrimage in July, with the Grande Troménie every six years (FR)
• A 16th-century Pietà carved in stone inside the church
• Musée d'Art Charles Daniélou, with early 20th-century Breton art
• Glassworks and biscuit makers along Rue du Prieuré

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