Daoulas’ Abbey

The abbey is owned by the county council. Since January 2006, its management has been given to a public cultural organisation called «Chemins du patrimoine en Finistère» (Patrimonial pathways in Finistère). The actual buildings -a cloister and a 12th century basin, an oratory and a monumental 16th century fountain, the 18th century conventual house- are an exceptional tribute to Breton art from the 10th century onwards. The abbey has been renown since 1986 for the quality and originality of its archaeological, historical or ethnological exhibitions organised in collaboration with some of the most known world wide museums. The abbey houses a superb medicinal garden with over 250 species. It is still structured and organised like most middle age/renaissance convent or monastery gardens. In conjunction with the traditional medicinal and aromatic plants some rare and exotic vegetation can be admired.