Landévennec Abbey

The present monastery is a modern foundation at the site of an early mediaeval monastery, of which only ruins survive.

The abbey is traditionally held to have been founded around 490[1] by Saint Winwaloe (French: Guénolé).

It was attacked and burned by Vikings in 913 and was subsequently rebuilt in stone.

[2][3] The abbey was suppressed in 1793 during the French Revolution and the goods and premises were sold off.

In 1950[4] the site was bought by the Benedictine community of Kerbénéat,[5][6] who built new premises.