Things to see and do Saint-Quay-Portrieux

In the middle of the 13th century, there was a religious building on the site of Saint Anne's chapel. A new building was constructed between 1450 and 1475, and was replaced in 1729 and 1770. A complete renovation of the interior was carried out in 1962 with the instauration of the Sainte-Anne forgiveness festival on July 26th each year. Its architecture is very simple: 18.40m long and 6.20m wide, a semi-circular main door and a unilateral door, squares, six semi-circular windows and a solid roof. Its interior is very original: superb Italian marble altar and sculptors of which one of the tables represents the port in 1777 with the pier of Priauté and some Newfoundland schooners.

The parish church was built at the end of the 19th century, between 1879 and 1884, thanks to a precious competition organised by locals and tourists. The religious building could not be constructed without aid from the State. The parish of Saint Quay-Portrieux is very old even if it has no detailed history about its origin. What is certain is that there was a parish in this place before the 12th century because it was given to the monastery of Léhon near Dinan, by Juthaël who was the Archbishop de Dol between 1039 and 1076.