moëlan

IF MOELAN WAS TOLD TO ME…
The origins of Moëlan-sur-Mer are very discussed. For J.M. Bachelot of Pylaie, it could be "Mouest Lann", the wet ground, like he discovered it there is one century and half ago. On the top of the plateau, there where the rock levels the surface, the ground is often gorged with water and offers an enamelled moor of bouquets of pines. For others, it is the history which would provide the explanation. According to other people, a certain "Moé", an Irish monk going up one of the rias would have established its hermitage where"lan" as others did it. They will be thus precursory those who will build, a few centuries later the abbeys of Kemperlé and Karnoet, controlling the major part of the area during the Middle Ages.
According to the others, it is about a roman "Mediolanum", one of these particular places, with sacred vocation. The importance of the megalithic monuments which mark out this territory could attest this origin. A certain number disappeared at the beginning of the century, but the shady alleys which remain would make ascend the population of the places in 2 300 before J.C.

WHAT YOU HAVE TO SEE
The vault of Saint -PhilibertSaint Roch with its fountains and its martyrdom in addition to the shady aleys of Kergoustance, Kerségalou and Kermeur-Bihan.The neighbourhood of Moëlan-sur-mer offer remarkable excursions by their variety and their quality. You will discover with astonishment and amazement this exceptional inheritance. Quimperlé:The abbey of Ste Cross (crypt of XIIthcentury) Old city (House of the archers XVIth century)
Pont-Aven: City of painters and the mills. Museum
Valley of Aven: vaults, mills, the harbour and the places which inspired the painters of the School of Pont-Aven
The vault of Trémalo and its Yellow Christ
Nevez: Saltypond of Hénan and its mill with tide .Thatched cottages of Kerascoët
Concarneau: The closed city and its ramparts. Museum of fishing .The harbour of fishing and its auction
Quimper: Cathedral of Saint Corentin. Old districts - Museums .
Cultural Events
Concarneau: Feast of the Blue Nets (before the last Sunday of August) Quimper: Festival of Cornouaille (at the end of July)
Lorient: interceltic festival (at the beginning of August)