NOTRE-DAME DE BÉGARD ABBEY
This is the first Cistercian foundation in Britain, and is one of the most important religious foundations of medieval Britain. It was founded in 1130 by four monks of the Aumône Abbey near Chartres. It is said that a hermit named Raoul, also called Begar lived on this construction site. It inspired the creation of other abbeys of this type later in the region. Over the centuries, the abbey became an important institution since it governed the agriculture and economic activity of an important Trégor area. On the 30th of September 1790, the abbey was seized by the Guézéban city which made it an inventory before selling the buildings and land in 1791 to a Parisian merchant. Today, only an eighteenth century convent building, the old stables and kitchens, now property of Foundation Bon Sauveur remain of the abbey. Note: the abbey is not open to visits.
